What ideas and inventions encouraged europeans to begin overseas exploration?

Answer and Explanation:

The inventions such as the caravel, the stern mounted rudder, the astrolabe and the lateen sails helped Europeans to travel and explore in a safer, faster and more precise way.

The idea that encouraged Europeans to explore overseas was to find new trade routes to Asia,as the traditional land trade routes had been cut off by the expansion of the Muslim Ottoman empire.

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