To fish and trade with Aboriginal peoples.
When the Vikings landed in Canada, the Dorset people had already left that area. There were some people that the Vikings called Skraelingar.
The early explorers come from Italy, Spain, and France.
Europe.
They came from Portugal.
Early white explorers would be hired by the country they come from to explore. Spain, Britain, France would sponsor those people.
They didn't come, they were brought. The European explorers traveled to Africa, where they began a trans-Atlantic slave trade that would bring millions of Africans to the America.
The early Maori came from Eastern Polynesia.
Europeans explored the Atlantic for the sake of trying to find gold,money,land or something of value. Many explorers were genuinely curious about what else was around them to study and understand.Ê
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Modern Day Western Europe,
Modern Day Western Europe,