What Started The Age Of Exploration? | The Face Of The World | Absolute History
Historians recognize three motives for European exploration into the New World: God, gold, and glory. People throughout history and across continents all attempted to create a picture of our world. How do human beings know what lies beyond the sea? Did Marco Polo have an atlas to show him the route to China? Did the Romans record the borders of their vast empire on maps? For thousands of years, unknown distant lands guarded their secrets and yet, they were described in travel books.
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