Compare And Contrast The European Voyages Of India And The Americans

The age of exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India, Asia, and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography.
The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal, sponsored by Prince Henry, where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered and colonized Atlantic Islands where they set up plantations, facilitated by slavery.
Wanting to follow Portugal’s success, the Spanish Monarchs financed an expedition to explore western trade routes to Asia. Unfortunately, Columbus did not discover those new routes but did discover lands in the new world - Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba and Central America. Spain sent conquistadors to conquer territories in South America: Mexico and Peru where Spain profited greatly with the discovery of gold and silver.
These expeditions led to global trade and colonial empires between the old and new world.
Zheng He, a Chinese Muslim eunuch, was appointed by the Yongle Emperor to expand China’s influence, advertise the Emperor’s greatness and and garner respect for the state with a series of naval missions across the Indian ocean. Zheng He helped shaped Chinese influence across the regions of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Arabia, and East Africa. Chinese fleets were known to be of historic proportions, considering both the magnitude of the ship’s size and build along with the mass amount of people who took part and accompanied the