Christopher Columbus, considered one of the greatest explorers
of all time. Like every other explorer, Columbus had many reasons for
his exploration. However, it is made obvious by studying the history
of Columbus' explorations that his main motive for exploration was
greed. Columbus had the same desires as many explorers both before and
after him. He yearned for gold. He wanted land. He wanted power. The
whole purpose for his first voyage to what he thought was India, but
turned out to be Central America, was to gain land for Spain. It took
quite a bit of sweet talking from Columbus to get the money and ships
needed for this voyage from Spain's Queen Isabella. But in the end,
Columbus had the chance to reach a goal brought on by greed: to gain
riches. Queen Isabella had the same motive. She wanted land for Spain,
and that is the only reason that she ever gave him the money and ships
The English, like other countries, voyaged to the Americas in
search of riches. It wasn't until they got there that they realized
that people already lived there. It was at that point that greed took
over the English. The English did something, that by today's standards
would be considered inhuman. They used a method of mass murder called
extermination. They used whatever it took to kill the most Native
Americans possible in the smallest amount of time. The English would
not have done this had it not been for extreme greed. They wanted the
land that the Native Americans had and they wanted it as soon as
possible. This greed among the English did accomplish their task of
taking land quickly, but it also accomplished the murder of thousands
Although it doesn't seem obvious at first thought, new laws in
Europe helped with the effort in nation building. With the new laws
were the guidelines as to were the laws were in effect. Often, a new
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