silk
Technically they didnt want to go here. They intended to go to Asia to trade spices and silk and they ran into what was thought to be Asia. That is why the African Americans here were called Indians is because the europians "thought" they were in India.
China was an isolationist country that did not want to trade with other nations, especially not Europeans. However, Europeans basically took over China and cut it into little pieces among the French, British, Germans, Italians, and Portuguese. They then forced China to trade with them. The trading was very helpful to Europeans, and in the long haul, the Chinese as well.
They wanted to harvest Africa's natural resources.They wanted to prove their military power to each other.They would have easy access to slaves and cheap labour.They could recruit more able-bodied men to fight for them.To spread religion to what they described as "unclean, uneducated, uncivilised people".To enable the advancement of science and technology through exploration and discovery.
not all First Nations were allies of the Europeans. ex. the beothuk were hunted down by the Europeans for bounty because they didn't want to have the Europeans on their land.
Silk, spices,and perfumes
silk spices and perfume
Europeans wanted to buy spices, gold and other goods.
Asia had lots of spices and other exotic goods like silk that they didn't have in Europe.
Most popular were spices and after that, porcelain, tea and silk.
No, they were principally after goods, spices being a very important part of those goods.
They didn't necessarily want just the spices. The silk road brought common trade goods as well. Things like silk, hence the name The Silk Road. Spices were much in demand. The world had tasted the difference exotic spices made to common foods and demanded more. These flavors were not just used to enhance taste but used to mask bad tastes and preserve foods. The prices asked for the spices made the trade a lucrative business to be in.
To gain food, spices, and silk from Asia. Also they knew people would pay more money for things from Asia
Initially spices and then cotton cloth, silk, porcelain (from China) and later tea. Those were the primary products that were sought in Asia.
Spices.
They wanted to explore the world to get more knowledge about it, to get spices from Asia, and gold and silver.
Spices