What were europeans actually looking for when they started the age of exploration?

ANSWER: Age of exploration was a period from the early 15th century that continued into the early 17th century during which European ships traveled around the world to search for a new trading routes and partners.

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frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.