apandreadimaandal — 2024-02-29 00:00:21 UTC

During the 15th century, the European countries of Spain and Portugal began sending ships on expeditions to find new trade routes to Asia. An accidental outcome of this search was that explorer Christopher Columbus encountered land in the Western Hemisphere in 1492. He landed in the Caribbean islands. Other European explorers soon traveled to the mainland of what are now called the Americans.

apandreadimaandal — 2024-02-29 00:06:04 UTC

Incursions in North America some Europeans hoped to find an alternative route to Asia (the Northwest Passage), wealthy civilizations, or precious metals, but few found what they sought. They did not, however, comfort an untamed wilderness, but rather people who often lived in villages and towns.

GROUP7 EG20 by [AP-Student] Andrea Dimaandal