How Advancements in Cartography and Western Technologies Expanded the World

Before the Europeans marked the Age of Exploration, curious sailors sometimes spoke stories of faraway lands, but everyone in their native country did not know very much of the expansion of continents between Asia and Europe. The Europeans had not even begun to think that cultivated Native American civilizations flourished in different sections of the world. In late 1492, Several European explorers searched for the “unknown” Americas trying to find inexpensive and quick sea routes to the Far East. While this was going on, more powerful central governments started to develop, paying for European expeditions, which they thought could make them profit. When Explorers started sailing all over the world, they began claiming land in the New World to their country, firing an overflow of colonization and European conquest of the Western Hemisphere. In the early 15th century, The Age of Discovery first took off. This age can be described as a period when adventurous sailors set out by ship searching for new trading routes, new partners to sell their trade to, and profitable goods to return home with. Also, many explorers just wanted to explore the ocean and gain more information about the world around them. Whatever their reasons were, the knowledge gained during this time period that drastically aided in the advancement of science and technology. It helped greatly shape developments and ambition to strive for further progression of exploration, expansion of territory and new methods of creativity to improve knowledge about the world.

The early European explorers desired to reach out into the world and discover new pathways of the sea. Although, they most often did not have the funding needed for a ship, supplies, and a crew t...

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... journey along to reach their destination, were highly sought after during this time period. The harsh journeys these men made across the sea were astonishing at the time. Throughout the Age of Exploration, many people wanted to improve their navigating abilities, for example Ferdinand Magellan, who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth.

Many other significant achievements were accomplished during this time. Old technologies were adjusted to be valuable tools in discoveries that helped make for more successful journeys in navigation. Honored explorers and cartographers represented this time period showing such hard work during the improvements of voyages, mapmaking, and technologies. With these, it paved the way for needed trade routes and land expansion. Today, these advances have only improved and still help explorers all over to navigate the world.