European Exploration...PLsssss?

Question

Can you tell me the cause and effects in the EUROPEAN EXPLORATION? Why did the European explored to the New World(like the west indies)

Answer 1

Think about things in the big picture.

At first, trade and investigation were done on foot (which could include by horse, camel, etc and/or cart). This meant that exploration and trade only occurred with those areas that you could walk to ... which also meant that by the time the Europeans were a working civilization that the continents of North and South America were inaccessible.

However, Asia and Africa were not! And thus trade and exploration started from Europe and proceeded EASTWARD, until eventually a connection was made with China and the Far East.

At about the same time as the trade routes got really established, advances in seafaring were beginning to make a difference in how things were done. Notably, one could now sail somewhere in a few weeks that once took many months of travel on foot. Case in point - again, the transit time to the Far East.

By now, Europeans had also come to the conclusion that the world was a ball, not a plate. This meant (in theory) that someone could go the other way (WESTWARD), and possibly develop a shorter trip to reach the trade markets of the Orient. Several nations jumped into the act; notable among them were the French, English, Dutch, and Spanish.

Everyone took a slightly different tack, for a couple of reasons. Either they already knew that a route wasn't going to happen (the French didn't have the fleet capacity or the seamanship for extended out-of-land voyages yet), or they wanted to stay away and not let the rest in on the secret (Spain had an advantage; being in the south already, they could cut more-or-less across at the same latitude to find the Orient, whereas the Dutch and English kind of had to try a more northerly route).

The final outcome was the discovery of "america" (in actuality, today's West Indies) by Spain, followed quickly by devlopment of what is now North America by the English and French. The Dutch followed in the Spaniards' footsteps, and found a promising region somewhat south of the Indies (Tortuga, Trinidad/Tobago, etc).

Everyone got into the act of grabbing what they could from the New World ... and eventually someone figured out they hadn't reached the Orient after all. Then came the race for the Northwest Passage, and the southern journeys of Magellan and so on ...

Answer 2

Morning :) 'Happiness' was quite a brave movie, directed by Todd Solondz. The issues dealing with the peadophile dad in particular, were very brave. I'm not sure how much I actually like the movie for it to be my 'gutsiest movie ever' though! Likewise the old movie 'M' (1931) directed by Fritz Lang. It's such an honest, scary portrayal of a child killer who half the time you actually sympathise with (crazy I know). And whilst on the subject of old movies, what about 'Freaks' directed by Tod Browning (1932). The movie starred people with real-life deformities, in a modest and un-assuming way. The movie remains notorious and talked about to this day! And apart from the 'funny looking' characters, the real evil monsters are the normal folk in the movie, whilst the freaks are the good guys, it was hugely controversial when it first came out and disliked by many. It was also a very early horror movie. Danny Boyle's 'Trainspotting' is a pretty brutal, unflinching look at drug addiction, which also . I'm finding it hard to think of a definitive 'brave movie' though. Honourable mentions: Peeping Tom, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Pink Flamingos. BQ: Hmmm not sure! How about M. Night Shyamalan for doing too many rubbish twists?! BBQ: Oh god loads! Every movie gets too much praise (even the ones I love). Take your pick from any Oscar winning production!

Answer 3

Because Europe was poor and needed to get money somewhere (El Dorado).
The european population was growing, so they were searching for more land to live on, fishermen were looking for new fishinggrounds
Because spain was finished kicking the Moors out of Spain and needed to do something. (Columbus was sent on his yourney the year the spanish finally conquered the last muslim stronghold in Spain).
Because the spanish king was extremely catholic and thought it was his task to bring catholicism to the world.

Answer 4

SPICES, TRADES, SLAVES, RESTOCK THE SHIP, LAY-IT-UP AND SCRAP IT AND REFITTED THE SHIP, FRUIT FOR PREVENTING SCURVY, FRESH WATER, = WEST INDIES

EFFECTS OF EXPLORATION = BAD TIMING CAUSED MOST OF THE SHIP WREAKS FROM ASSEMBLING IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE IN AUGUST, TOOK ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEARS FOR THE SPANISH TO GET THE IDEA THAT WAS THE WRONG TIME AND WRONG PLACE TO MEET UP AND RETURN THE FLOATA TO SPAIN, ALL THE WEALTH WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WEST INDIES AFTER THE AUGUST STORMS AT SEA TORE THEM APART.