Due to more than a century after the European explorers fire landed in North America, there were still no permanent settlements in the Western Hemisphere north of St. Augustine, Florida, so they want to settle there and take land and own territory.
The earliest European explorers were primarily motivated by a desire to find new trade routes to Asia, the quest for resources such as gold and spices, and the spread of Christianity. They also sought to expand their empires and establish colonies to increase their wealth and power.
America was discovered by many different explorers, most of them of Western European ethnicity.
Two such explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortés.
christopher columbus
Indians
China and/or India.
European Explorers discovered on their way to finding a shorter way to Asia... was the what are now called the United States of America! European Explorers discovered on their way to finding a shorter way to Asia... was the what are now called the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Atlantic
Indians
Approx. 1500.
When the European explorers journeyed to South America, they hoped to find riches including gold. They also hoped to find land and to create colonies.
European explorers first came to the America looking for?