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To find a sea route to the spices of Asia To find gold, silver, and precious stones. To expand their knowledge of the world.
The ship, sail and compass
Mankind has a natural curiosity and desire to explore and colonise new territories, it is what drove early man to inhabit the planet in prehistoric times. However in the 1400s the technology of sailing ships and conflict for territory in Europe spurred a new age of exploration.
Europeans were motivated to explore other continents by their competition with Spain(Spain had recently found much wealth in gold and silver), the chance to spread the Christian faith, and to expand their nation as a whole.
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To find a sea route to the spices of Asia To find gold, silver, and precious stones. To expand their knowledge of the world.
Riches, Knowledge, and power.
the caravel
Europeans could begin exploring the world
The Portuguese has many reasons for exploring West Africa in the 1400s. They wanted to know to what extent Muslim territories extended into Africa itself. They also wished to trade with West Africa directly through sea ports. Their hopes were also to find allies in the area and to see if it was a possibility to reach the Indies so that they could trade spices.
The ship, sail and compass
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Mankind has a natural curiosity and desire to explore and colonise new territories, it is what drove early man to inhabit the planet in prehistoric times. However in the 1400s the technology of sailing ships and conflict for territory in Europe spurred a new age of exploration.
Faster trade routes and to expand there territories! The explorers did it for favor of the crown among other benefits.
during the 16th century, Europe was looking for a trade roe to India..... also over crowded and too many blacks
In the mid 1400s
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