Exploration began in Portugal under the guise of Prince Henry. He gathered a group explorers to travel around Africa in a hope to find a way to India. This soon led to the discovery of the spice islands, which proved to quite profitable. This led to Portugal gaining heaps of wealth. With Portugal’s rapid success Spain soon got jealous. They needed their own route to India. So, in an effort to reach Asia, they sent an explorer named Christopher Columbus to find this route. What resulted from this voyage was the discovery of the Americas, ushering in a new era of exploration. …show more content…
Spanish conquistadors even conquered entire empires, stealing their gold and claiming the land as their own. Eventually, however, explorers sailed across the pacific and reached india, like they have previously anticipated. This concludes the summary of the age of