Answer:
The age of exploration blossomed in the 1500s with the advancements in navigation and shipbuilding
because of one Portuguese explorer: Prince Henry the Navigator. European explorers began to
pursue foreign lands, including those of the New World, in search of gold, spices, new routes to Asia,
and the desire to spread Christianity. In doing so, many explorers like Christopher Columbus,
Hernando de Soto, Hernán Cortés, and Francisco Pizarro encountered the natives of these lands and
transformed the world forever.
Many civilizations in the New World were utterly and completely destroyed, while other civilizations
remained intact, but transformed culturally, politically, and socially. Entire civilizations like the Aztec
and Inca were wiped out while others were forced to assimilate or join in the European ways of life.
But unknown to many people, there were indeed numerous Europeans who did not approve of their
fellow country-menʼs mistreatment of various native civilizations.
On the other hand, European exploration drastically impacted the world as humans know it today.
Numerous agricultural goods and ideologies were exchanged between Europeans and the Native
Americans. These agricultural goods eventually shaped the dietary habits of people in the Old World,
while the New World became accustomed to new types of fruits and vegetables. Most importantly
was the exchange of ideas and cultures between the New Worlds which began to shape the current
cultures that exist today in the New World.
The age of exploration affected the lives of Native Americans and Europeans in numerous ways as
the Old World and the New World became permanently connected. Ultimately, European exploration
and contact with the Native Americans proved to be very detrimental. On the other hand though,
without European exploration our own country and society would not exist.
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