FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Fear that Ming China might gain global supremacy by exploring first.
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Scientific curiosity.
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the desire to seek out direct trade routes to China and the East Indies.
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The opportunity to gain new converts for Catholicism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -For the most part, however, Europeans had neither the interest nor the ability to explore foreign lands. That changed by the early 1400s. The desire to grow rich and to spread Christianity, coupled with advances in sailing technology, spurred an age of European exploration.
Detailed explanation-2: -Motives for Exploration For early explorers, one of the main motives for exploration was the desire to find new trade routes to Asia. By the 1400s, merchants and Crusaders had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Demand for these goods increased the desire for trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World. The Virginia Company of London established the Jamestown colony to make a profit for its investors. Europe’s period of exploration and colonization was fueled largely by necessity.