Why did Europeans want to explore other lands?

They were searching for trade routes I believe

To have more land, and to see how much more land there was out there. for a long time Europeans thought that the land they were on was the only land in the world (they also wanted to see if the world was flat or round)

Explanation:

I learned it a while ago, hope this helped! :)

"globalization has greatly impacted the united states and american citizens. first and foremost, globalization has spread american influence throughout the world. globalization has opened up more markets for the united states, which in effect american companies sell their products worldwide. there has been a rise of multinational corporations and their influence has greatly increased."