The Voyage Of Christopher Columbus
American History I
07/08/05
Christopher Columbus’ Voyage to North America
Spanish exploration first began with a series of revolutions. First, the Commercial Revolution generated economic stability. Second, the Intellectual Revolution generated interest in the Earth’s composition and the pursuit of exploration. Europe then called for a political revolution to end the disorganized and disorderly rule of its government. This revolution returned order and stability to the government and renewed interest in exploration to search for national wealth. The last of these revolutions was the religious revolution (note Columbus’ voyage occurred before this revolution). As more people broke away from the national religion they searched for a place where they could worship freely, thus generating interest in the exploration of new lands.
Other than merchants, Spain was the first of the European nations to explore for new lands to settle. While other nations were trying to reform......
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