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.

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: -The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration), also known as the early modern period, was a period largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, approximately from the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafaring Europeans explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Portuguese. The Portuguese began exploring Africa in the 1400s. Prince Henry sent ship after ship to explore the west coast of Africa. The Portuguese wanted to establish trade with western Africa.

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.