Let’s Take a Trip! European Exploration – Reasons, Goals, and Important People

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Why did exploration start in Europe? Around the 1400s, many factors began pushing Europeans to explore and expand outside Europe. Crusades create demand for foreign goods. (How?) Renaissance encouraged adventure/curiosity. (What ideals?) Most importantly – Eur. Rulers wanted a direct sea route to Asia Wanted to avoid middlemen in Mediterranean