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There are several reasons;

  • They wanted to find trading partners.
  • They wanted to trade for spices, gold, silver etc.
  • They wanted to spread their religion.
  • It was sometimes circumspect to maintain communication with other nations.
  • They hoped to find new resources for their own uses.
  • They wanted to find new lands, conquer territories and expand their own empires.
  • They wanted to find new trade routes and shorter alternatives to standard routes which tended to go around large land-masses. Many were hoping to find a shorter way between these continents and land masses.
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