The Crusades
Amerigo Vespucci was part of several voyages and explorations in the east coast of South America. These took place between 1499 and 1502.
Middle east.
Middle East.
It used to be known as the Near East, sometimes including parts of southeastern Europe: the Asian part (and sometimes Egypt) are now more commonly styled the Middle East.
The Europeans were suprised.
As part their global colonising activities. The far east was simply just one of many regions of the globe Europeans were attempting to colonise. As early as 1512 Europeans became aware of the Philippines and it's potential as a trading location. However before the Europeans came, the Philippines was not a nation rather it was a collection of mini kingdoms. The Philippines was only unified under the Spanish colonial regime.
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The word Europeans is a proper noun. All proper nouns are capitalised.
Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to explore the Southwest.
Europeans responded to the increased stability caused by feudalism by going to war over inheritance rights to land. Eventually, the Popes encouraged landowners to take part in the Crusades in the Middle East and the Reconquista in Spain, so that they would be too busy for these fratricidal wars.
France is just one of over 50 countries in Europe, so France is a part of Europe. So some Europeans are in France, but most are not.
China is a part of East Asia, or the Far East.