What were the three main goals of European voyages of exploratoin?

Answer 1

1) spread Christianity

2)expand empires

3)for riches

Answer 2

God, glory, and gold were the three basic things that Europeans were looking for. They looked for lost Christian colonies, and for people to convert to Christianity. Gold was very expensive, as it always has been, and was sought after. Most explorers also wanted the glory from discovering new things. If you think about it, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, his name went down in history forever. This was something that most explorers wanted. I hope this is a help!

Answer 3

The three goals were to find a north west water passage from North America to Asia, exploit nearby fishing water and develop a fur trade, and they wanted to convert Canadian Indians to roman Catholicism.

Answer 4

Jacues Cartier wanted to colonize america. Is that good enough?

Answer 5

Find new routes to asia ,claim land, and establish tradinf outpost

Answer 6

The first Spanish explorers, such as Cortes and Balboa, were satisfied with their findings in Central America.