Reasons+for+Exploring

= Reasons For Exploring (1400) =

= The Economic Reasons =

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In 1400 European explorers explored because, of many economic reasons. Most of the time they explored because they was exploring the world, trying to find many unique things, or to control a bigger empire.The main reason for exploring was because, they were getting paid.=====

= Spreading Christianity =

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Their goal was to spread Catholicism thoughout Spain and Portugal. In Europe there was only one religion, Christianity. So they thought "why don't we just spread our religion around the world". They traveled all around the world to spread Christianity in the late 1400's. ===== = Finding Treasures =

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Explorers have been going through many wars to find treasures,such as: //gold//, //silver//, //rubies//, //pearls//, and //precious stones//. They traveled around Asia.They were searching for many years because Asia was filled with precious stones. They brought back thousands of precious stones to Europe. ===== = Spices For Meat =

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To protect their meat, they would soak it in salt water to prevent it from rotting. In 1443 spices in Europe were very expensive. European Explores went to China, Japan, and India to get the most finest spices in the universe.They found it very difficult to get spices from Asia, Japan, an India. So they had no choose but to steal it.===== = Sea Routes =

They set out to find routes to Asia. They wanted to find new routes to new places such as: China, Japan, India, and Africa.
= Animal Hunt (Fur) =

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Animal fur was very valuable in Europe. Animal fur was very expensive. In the 1400, there were no such thing as heaters. So the only thing that could keep them warm was animal fur. Animal fur was used for: coats, mats, hats, mittens, etc. The explores sailed around the world to hunt down animals like: bears, beavers, wolves, zebras, lions, tigers, foxes, etc.===== = Finding Bigger Land =

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The ruler of Europe in 1400 thought that Europe at that time was not a big enough place.The ruler sent out a group of men, to find a huge piece of land to use and connect and call Europe. The job was a success and now Europe is larger than the Europe of the1400's. ====== = = = = = = = = = Bibolyography =

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