Europeans had many reasons to risk their live in a really long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Many new technological advancements such as the cannons, new ships, magnetic compass and the astrolabe- helped make the trip something possible. Eventually Captains didn’t have the money to afford this. So they had to appeal to kings to sponsor their trip. To get the Monarch’s sponsorship of the trip Captains had to somehow appeal to him …showed first 75 words of 460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 460 total…The most important reason for exploration was material profit, basically money and wealth. As the quotations of many explorers say when they reached land all refered to the winning of money and richness and a little bit of serfdom to the king and their god. Religion was a romantic way, a romantic reason to go. But the massive richness you gained by stealing from other civilisations was of great value for a country’s economy.