USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery) began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s. It was a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the Age of Exploration begin? It began in the late 1400s. European countries wanted to find different trade routes to Asia. Portugal had taken over the sea route around Africa and the land route was dangerous.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, European knowledge of the rest of the world was transformed. Explorers seized on technological and cultural developments that had been progressing since the Middle Ages, and travelled to parts of the globe they had never seen before.

Detailed explanation-4: -Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.

Detailed explanation-5: -Portugal, the western-most European country, was one of the primary players in the European Age of Discovery and Exploration. Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa.