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__ Age of Exploration __

The Age of Exploration was a time from the early 15th century to the early 17th century were European countries began to explore other parts of the world. During this time European countries made contact with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania and they mapped lots of these Places. Spain and portugal were the first countries to start exploring, followed by the Dutch Republic, France, England and all these countries reached economic height during this time. The started exploring because many desired to become rich of trade and resources with other countries, they wanted to convert other countries to their religion, they wanted the glory of discovering and there was curiostity about other countries. This was known as "God, = glory, and gold." =

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