Why did the great journeys
of
exploration occur?
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The journey(s) of at least one world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late 18th century (e.g. Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan), including their contacts and exchanges with societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, and the impact on one society (ACHASSK084)
English:
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there was a great outbreak of exploration from Europe to unknown areas of the world.
- Why did this happen?
- What was it like to be an explorer then, going into the unknown?
- What were they looking for?