Europe at the end of the XVth century: The era of exploratory voyage

ABSTRACT: Throughout the XVth century, there was a maritime expansion of Europeans carried out, especially, by the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, towards America and Asia. So intercontinental contact necessarily implied cultural, social, political, economic, scientific and also religious interaction between the different people of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The European states that most benefited from  exploratory voyages became great powers, and Europe became the center of global trade and industry.  However, these voyages had negative consequences, such as slavery and the spread of diseases. In this
paper, we develop both the positive and negative consequences of exploratory voyages in order to  understand their impact on the history of Europe and the world.

KEYWORDS: Exploratory voyages, Globalization, Discovery of America, Colonization.