Expansion and Exploration

As a man said, "Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit". The expansion of Europe was mostly the result of a quest for wealth and power. New technology and new knowledge of the earth and ways to navigate were great assistants to explorers, and because of this it gave a higher probability for success to get to the destination. These reasons are what enabled exploration to start in the fifteenth century.
Wealth has been the culprit behind most of man's efforts throughout time to go to places. European exploration is no exception. The riches (spices) of Asian and Indian goods introduced to the Europeans during the crusades provided a motive for the Europeans to explore. The Muslims and other foreign merchants who served as middlemen in the Asian trade caused for higher price for the consumer once the shipments reac...