Why Did European Exploration Change
Why did the Europeans exploration change? People have always set out to discover new lands and oceans. The greatest age in exploration of the world was in the beginning of the 15th century and lasted over four centuries. The Chinese and Arabs had already made big improvements in ship design and with navigation. Then the Europeans developed these further. The most common reason to explore the world was to trade. The Europeans wanted spices from Asia, ivory from Africa, and of course gold. The Europeans weren't just out to trade, they also wanted to try to convert local populations of the land that they have seized to the Christian faith.