Name three countries that led Europe’s Age of Exploration.?

Question

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Answer 1

Great Britain
France
Spain
Italy
Portugal

Answer 2

Alan's got the order wrong and is also wrong about England.

Portugal lead the age of Exploration. Prince Henry (called the Navigator even though he never sailed himself) started sending expeditions to find a sea route east around Africa in the mid 1400s. Vasco De Gama finally succeeded for Portugal. Spain, not wanting to be left behind, hired Christofer Columbus to sail west in search of a more direct route to India. Of course, he failed, but it was a spectacular failure that opened a "new world" to the Europeans. Until the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain and Portugal were really the only sea powers in Europe. The Pope even divided the entire non European world between the two countries saying the Spain had a right to exploit everything one side of the line of demarcation and Portugal could exploit everything on the other. After Spain and Portugal, you could make an argument for England (trying to prey on Spanish Shipping; Sir Francis Drake and his letters of marque from Queen Elizabeth and all), but everyone overlooks the Dutch and German city states that formed the Hanseatic League. The league was sponsoring all sorts of commercial ventures around the globe. Of course, these Dutch ships often used English pilots, but still, I'd say, if we have to choose a chronological order in which European powers entered the age of exploration, it would have to be:

Portugal,
Spain,
Hanseatic League,
England,
France

Answer 3

England, Spain, Portugal

Answer 4

Portugal, Italy, Spain.

Answer 5

Spain, England, Portugal (In that order)

Answer 6

And the Dutch