2007-01-14 08:46:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Compared with how densely populated Europe was, America seemed like it was uninhabited by comparison. Many more natural resources than were available in Europe as well.
2007-01-14 08:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mark S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were looking for the shortest possible route to Asia, but the chance of finding valuable plunder or trade goods, and thus profit to pay the expense of these expeditions, and the "thrill" of discovery is always a part of what drives people to take risks seeing what's ove rthe next horizon. It's what keeps us looking deeper into the oceans or outer space. The Americas were visited before, it's just conventional historians are reluctant to grasp discoveries showing transatlantic travel could have occurred before the spread of the Roman empire and defeat and destruction of the Celtic fleet by Admiral Brutus in 54 AD, even though teh Romans admitted the Celts had a far superior ship construction. (They weren't just blue faced savages dressed in animal skins).
2007-01-14 08:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't even realize that the Americas existed, it was a foreign thing to them.
2007-01-14 08:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were looking for a shortcut to india... but accidentally found america..
2007-01-14 08:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by Larry Botts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they thought they were in/near India.
2007-01-14 08:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋