Motives of Exploration

There were many motives of explorers to investigate the new world in the years of 1450 to 1600 such as wanting to gain knowledge of the new world, trading throughout the world and to spread religion on their explorations. One of the motives of explorers to explore the new world was to wanting to gain knowledge of the new world. Some of the documents that support this are documents one, four and six. One and six are very alike because both Christopher Columbus and John Cabot were sponsored by their kings and queens to go on an exploration to gain knowledge about the new world. In the time period of 1450 to 1600 explorers needed their rulers to sponsor their voyage because, well the rulers are the people who wanted the adventurers to do their job. In document four it says in the first sentence it says that many men were killed on their expedition. This was very common in this time because disease was evident during their explorations, but they still carried on with their explorations just to gain knowledge about the new world. Document one is a creditable source, because many people are aware of what Columbus has accomplished. He had discovered new land, and helped in the revolutionizing of the use of maritime traveling. Another one of the explorers many reasons to sail were to spread trade throughout the new world. Documents five, eight, nine and 10 describe this. Documents five and nine are similar because they both talk about the Indians being used by Christians. They were also used for their land for trade routes, manufacturers and for their raw materials for their goods to be made with. In the first sentence of document five it states that the Spanish forced the people they weren’t using to gather gold on the beaches all day in the sun, and that some of them killed themselves because of it. That just proves that they were using them. Then in document nine it says that there was punishment for the Indians, even the chiefs if there was a shortage.