history

[flowerdebbie]

Does anybody know this question please:

explain why the europeans exploed the african coast and tried to cross the atlantic. what had these explorers achieved by 1550

please can anybody help me on this question please.

[Peter Pedant]

ALl this is done in one chapter in your history book so the answer will be there.

The euros went down the coast of Africa because of trade !

Actually it was initially the portuguese

and liven up your essay by pointing out that Lagos in Nigeria is named after lagos in s portugal.

The stimulus to Portuguese was done by Henry the Navigator, 1400s from S Portugal - Sagres I think.

[flowerdebbie]

Thanks

peter pedant

i was woundering if you could give me abit more please to go by or some good websites

[jno]

They wanted to find their way to the east to trade with India and China. (They already traded, but via overland routes - the Silk Road; but it was slow and expensive.) Columbus went west because he hoped to find a new route to China. He didn't know America was in the way. When they had discovered America, there were romours of vast gold deposits, so many of the later conquistadors were after wealth. Others went to convert natives to Christianity. Googling some of the phrases above should help.

[joko]

the web is full of info - just use a search engine - we don't do your homework for you