Why Did Europeans Explore the New World?

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The Crusades showed them that people were everywhere with tremendous wealth. Before then they thought the world was flat. What a wake up call!
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The Crusades showed them that people were everywhere with tremendous wealth. Before then they thought the world was flat. What a wake up call!
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The United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and France were the major ones.
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nobody knew what was here.
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They were searching for gold and other things to trade.
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