The "age of exploration" began in the 15th century when Portugal and Spain started to expand their commercial interests and trade routes across the oceans. What are two things that may have motivated explorers to navigate the world by sea during this period? Use information from the text to support your answer. Answer

because his fleet was much lager than the english fleet. i hope this .

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.

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