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they wanted to find a direct water route to north america
They sent them because they wanted them to bring back gold
explorers who were searching for a water route to Asia
Expansion of European rule and power was a significant interest in the Age of Discovery. They mostly explored the New World in search of passages that were said to lead to Asia and the East Indies, its products, and some simply to find adventure. :)
When European colonists came to America they carried their religious disagreements and hopes for religious freedom with them. Also European merchants from other countries envied profits made by Italian merchants. Other Europeans began to want A share of the rich trade in Asian goods. They began to search for a non- Mediterranean water-route to Asia.
Well, the first European Explorers to come to Kansas are Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in search for Quivira.
a direct water route to Asia..
to reach the riches of the east and expand trade
All of them were in search of God, gold and glory.
There was no "explorer" who inspired Columbus to go on his ship to sail westward, however, the reason he went on his quest to prove the earth was round was that there was a competition held by the Queen to see who could find the shortest route to India, in a search for gold. As for "other European explorer", there have been hundreds of Europian explorers. Please be more specific.
Part of the reason; don't forget the search for riches was another reason!
they wanted to find a direct water route to north america
many european explorers tried to find a trade route 2 asia, but many of them, well most of them never found it
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The explorers wanted to search for the Northwest Passage to find a way through North America to Asia.because he wanted too