3 Navigators and Their World-Changing Discoveries
How they discovered the new lands and trade routes for their motherlands
All the countries and continents in the world we know today, are the discoveries of great navigators and explorers. They indeed made it easy for us to know about more places on the globe. Their expeditions which were sometimes full of dangers opened the gates of many hidden lands for mankind.
These navigators and explorers discovered many new trade routes. They introduced many new commodities of the far countries to the rest of the world. They enabled their nations to have pieces of land as their territory. They kept the foundation of the industrial revolution and speeded up scientific development.
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, his journey and discovery of America proved the beginning of a new world. Similarly, Vasco da Gama discovered the route to India, and it changed the world. Primarily, these explorations revolutionized the trade and change in lifestyle across the world.
Explorers and navigators often served under the ambition of serving their nations. They tried to establish the rule of their nation in the sea. Moreover, they took it as a way to establish trade superiority over the other nations around them.
