Motives for Exploration
Motives
One of the main reasons why explorers explore is to find new trade routes to Asia. Some Vikings also explored because of curiosity. Just like, Bjarni Herjolfsson who discovered America by accident. "In 1001, Leif Eriksson sailed west to find that land.
They also explored:
They also explored:
- To find trade routes to Asia for their spices
- "To find gold, silver, and precious stone"
- "To expand their knowledge"
- "To expand Christianity"
Who "Discovered" America
“The Vikings were brave sailors and explorers,
families were ready to risk their lives on long dangerous journeys to find new
land to farm”. “In 1492, Columbus
sailed the ocean blue but 500 years before, Vikings touched our shore”. “The
Vikings were probably the first to sail from Europe across the North Atlantic
Ocean to North America”.