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Mostly it was finding trading opportunities (North America, starting with the British 1497 expedition financed by Richard Ameryk who may well be the real source of the name "America") ore pure greed (the Conquistadores' search for treasure in South America)

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in the 1400 the people of Europe and Asia only knew of themselves. Then Columbus discovered America, the New World. So they went exploring it.

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