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The desire for new sources of wealth was the main reason for european exploration.through over sea trade merchants and traders would benefit from wat had become a business in europe.
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European had not been isolated from the rest of the world before the 1400.beginning around 1100,european crusaders battle muslims for control of the holy land in southwest asia.
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the desire to spread christianity also motivated europeans to explore.the crusades had left europeans with the taste for spices,but more significant with feeling of hostility between christians and muslims.
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ship builders made a ship called the caravel it was sturdier than earlier vessels,also sailors used the astrolabe which the muslims perfected the astrolabe marked of rings in degrees.
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an italian sea captain,christopher columbus,convince spain to finance a bold plan:finding a route to asia by sailing west across the atlantic ocean.
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pope alexander vi stepped in to keep peace between the two nations.
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portuguese explorer vasco da gama began exploring the east african coast.
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in 1509 portugal extended its control over the area when they defeated a muslim fleet off the coast of india,a victory made possible by the cannons they had added aboard their ship.
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the dutch owned the largest fleet of ships in the world 20,000 vessels
