The New World Discovered

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The fifteenth century brought about the age of discovery as more individuals and countries sought to find new lands to discover and conquer. The New World refers to the lands that were yet to be discovered. Explorers especially from Europe were looking for ways and means to reach this New World and maximize its resources. Europe was in a prime position to explore the New World and increase their conquests. Prior to the exploration periods, the maps developed did not depict the world accurately. There were gross miscalculations in world mapping but development in technology helped correct this. Europe was seeking new lands to explore and the tools available to them made it easier for explorers to begin and complete journeys of exploration to far lands.
One of the major conditions that led to New World exploration was the insatiable need by people in this age to discover new things. There was a general sense of curiosity by people living during this era. The Renaissance period in general was a period of new discoveries across Europe in all sectors of life. In this perspective, Europeans wanted to find out what existed beyond their continent. There was an innate need to discover other people in other lands. It was also important for them to search for new cultures that were different from theirs. During this time, Europeans had only been exposed to the cultures in this continent. However, this was not enough. Explorers wanted to find out what practices existed amongst other people. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, people wanted to learn more. There was immense thirst for knowledge and this could only be satiated through exploration. The discovery of new lands and people would provide an opportunity for the people to acqu...

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...and desirable to explore the New World. The desire for new knowledge as presented by this era led to curiosity amongst the people as to what existed outside of their world. The thirst for new knowledge could only be satiated through exploration. Religion also encouraged explorers to set out on exploration. Their objective was to find and convert as many people to Christianity as possible. Technological advancement also made exploration of the New World possible and desirable. New navigational equipment increased the chances of going on successful exploration journeys. With these tools more and more explorers went on exploration trips seeking to discover foreign lands. As exploration efforts increased, more countries sent out ships on exploration missions looking for places to colonize. The fifteenth century provided lucrative ground for exploration of the New World.

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