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I think it had a more positive impact then negative because they were able to make the trade routes better and more efficient then ever before.  One example of this is The Columbian Exchange, it was the steepest uprise in trade during that time.
Another positive impact was all the land we discovered and all that we were able to do with that after all the major wars were done.  Although there still are land disputes they're not as bad as they once were. We still are discovering land today, although the discoveries are not once what they used to be, they still are discoveries about our earth.

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One thing that happened due to the age of exploration is the growing trust between countries that were able to trade better now.  Before then they wouldn't have been able to trade as well, or as efficient.  Another thing that happened was land disputes that led to wars or just conflicts.  It could have torn apart countries trust had they let it.
https://www.thoughtco.com/age-of-exploration-1435006

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Joint Stock companies were originated in England by a group of English merchants.  They shipped all around the world to India, China and England just to name a few.  But after 1757 they also established military power over English merchants.
https://www.qdl.qa/en/brief-history-english-east-india-company-1600–1858

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade caused 10-12 million slaves to be traded between Africa and America.  But the early trade was dominated by the Portuguese.  America was being given slaves while Africa was given sugar and tobacco.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

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Zheng He was the greatest  Chinese explorer ever.  He lived from 1371-1433 or 1435.  There is new proof that he may have even discovered America.  China also sent him on seven voyages with some of them being military based or trading ventures.  He is remembered as the greatest explorer for the Chinese.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zheng-He

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Zheng He

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His motivation for all his travels were for profit.  He made two trips to the West Indies in 1570 and 1571 that made plentiful profits.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml

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An explorer from the age of exploration

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It was an almost world wide trade frenzy.  It was trade of plants, animals, culture and even human population.  The path was North America to Europe to Africa To North America.  The Europeans wanted sugar, tobacco and cotton, Africans wanted textiles, rum and manufactured goods, America wanted slaves. It started due to the amount of explorers in the world, and it caused world wide trade with all three countries benefiting from it.
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/columbian-exchange

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A widespread trade peak

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An agreement between Spain and Portugal signed on June 7, 1494.  It was signed in order to keep equal shares for the land newly discovered.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Tordesillas

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An agreement between Spain and Portugal

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They conquered the Aztec Empire which is now mostly modern day Mexico.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml

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Hernando Cortes and Fransisco Pizzaro

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Glory: Everyone wants glory for there self and there country.
Gold: Everyone wants to be rich no matter how you get it.
God: Some of the explorers were religious, so of course they want to represent there religion well.
https://explorationcamefirst.weebly.com/the-three-gs.html

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Glory, gold and God