... reliant on the continuous use of oceanic travel in order to trade with Eastern countries. European countries that were on the Atlantic coast of Europe or on the Mediterranean Sea were easily accessed to ports. These conveniently positioned shipping locales made it significantly easier for the European explorers to venture into the world of the unknown and unexplored. Fortune was a great incentive for the Europeans to explore the globe, as they say; money makes the world go 'round. In the sixteenth century much of the European explorers' goals for fortune leaned on a doctrine called; Mercantilism. Mercantilism is the belief a state head or a government should do anything and everything in their power to generate a profit or gather unclaimed wealth. At the time governments were pouring plenty of money into the exploration field, and receiving a hefty profit in return for the good faith in their explorers. The ...

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