Why did nations as Portugal Spain and England seek new trade routes to the Far East?

Spain and Portugal wanted to find a sea route to Asia because Portugal did not share trade routes with Asia and Europe (no Meditteranean Ports), Spain wanted to Spread Christianity, and both countries wanted to find more trade.

How did Europe’s discovery of the New World affect the new world?

Columbus’s voyage of discovery also had another important result; it contributed to the development of the modern concept of progress. To many Europeans, the New World seemed to be a place of innocence, freedom, and eternal youth. Columbus himself believed that he had landed near the Biblical Garden of Eden.

What was the immediate effect of the Portuguese development of maritime technology and navigation?

Portuguese development of maritime technology and navigational skills led to increased travel to and trade with West Africa, and resulted in the construction of a global trading-post empire.

How did the Europeans benefit from the New World?

The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle. They also carried diseases against which the Indian peoples had no defenses.

Why were Portugal and Spain interested in maritime expansion?

To those ends, Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored extensive Atlantic exploration. Spain’s most famous explorer, Christopher Columbus, was actually from Genoa, Italy.

Why did Portugal take the lead in European exploration?

Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa. In the process, the Portuguese accumulated a wealth of knowledge about navigation and the geography of the Atlantic Ocean.