The age of exploration began in the 15th century when Portugal and Spain started to expand there commercial interest and trade routes across the oveans. What are two things that may have motivated explorers to navigate the world by sea during this period?

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The age of exploration began in the 15th century when Portugal and Spain started to expand there commercial interest and trade routes across the oveans. What are two things that may have motivated explorers to navigate the world by sea during this period?

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Alvaro Santos · Answer 1

The two things that motivated the explorers to navigate the world must have been the desire to find new lands that could be owned and the possibility of coming across huge deposits of gold.

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The very reason for the Spanish, Portuguese, and the French to set out on exploration tours was the desire for wealth through gold and land. Moreover, they had heard about the wealth that is there in countries like India and China and that must have made them set out on voyages to find these countries.