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Which country sent explorers to find a northwest passage to Asia?
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What were explores searching for during their explorations of the north American coast?
A Northwest Passage to Asia
Why were explorers looking for a northwest passage?
Explorers were looking for a northwest passage for a water route to asia. There were many other beliefs about other water passages like the strait of anian
What was the purpose of the northwest passage?
The purpose of the northwest passage was for European explorers to find a way to Asia by going west. Many people believed that there was such a passage and hoped to find it.
What were explorers searching for during the exploration of the North American coast?
A Northwest Passage to Asia
What was the name of the water route to Asia that early explorers of Canada were searching for?
The Northwest Passage .
What does northwest passage means?
Northwest Passage in terms of exploration describes explorers' efforts to find an open water route between Europe and Asia.
How did the term northwest passage come to exist?
The merchants and explorers interested in the trading industry in Asia were looking for a passage through North America that was literally directed Northwest that would take them to Asia.
Explorers wanted to find this imagined trade route between Europe and Asia?
Northwest Passage
What did the Netherlands France and England hope to discover?
Explorers of England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover the northwest passage into Asia. They were looking for a faster way to send their goods into Asia.
How did Americas change the goals of European exploration?
The Europeans switched from finding a shorter passage to Asia, to exploitation/settlement of the Americas. (The exception to this was the search for a Northwest Passage, or short route to Asia thru the Arctic, by explorers such as Franklin.)
European nations sent explorers in search of a northwest passage to find what?
a direct water route to Asia..
The name of the shortcut to Asia though north America that many explorers searched for but never found?
northwest passage
