Why did the age of exploration occur

The fall of Constantinopole into the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1459 cut Europe´s traditional routes of species trade and other trade with Asia. So, there was a need to find new routes to continue  to trade with China and India. That need spurred ocean voyages and European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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southern north america: yucatán peninsula in southern mexico extending into northern guatemala, and northern belize. these moist forests on the yucatán peninsula of south-eastern mexico are characterized by a tropical humid climate with little topographic relief.

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