8-4Exploration

Exploration // Answer prepared by Milton P. // The Great Age Of Exploration was originally dominated by the Spanish and Portuguese, but later the English joined in. There are a lot of things that fueled The Great Age Of Exploration some were or a lot were. First people wanted to spread Christianity to the "heathen people". Then there were other people who wanted to find riches in the new discovered lands. Then there were people who wanted to try and get famous for discovering the new Lands. Scientific improvements in Navigation and Astronomy made exploring a lot easier for Explorers to travel farther. Ironically enough a lot of the English Great Explorers were referred to as Pirates or Privateers by other Nations. Some of the big names were Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the colony on Roanoke Island in Virginia. Sir Francis Drake, who Circumnavigated the World which means he sailed around the world. Sir John Hawkins, who voyages to West Africa and South America. Sir Martin Frobisher, who Voyages to Labrador and Greenland.

As you can see some of the people founded areas that would later become parts of the United States which in the early days of our Country were major states and still today like Sir Walter Raleigh Founding Roanoke and Virginia which later became part of the United States of America. During this time though they had no idea that the place they discovered would soon become the most powerful country in the world. Most men were simply looking for adventure. What better a way to do that then getting onto a boat and exploring places that have never been explored by people of the East from what we can tell for quite some time. I say that because historians still don’t know if we went to The West before then or are not sure how people got there. Work Cited