The Age of Exploration was a time period that brought two worlds together. Christopher Columbus’s’ contributed to this by introducing greedy, money hungry Europeans to America. Columbus took part in causing the founding of the United States and many Caribbean nations. His voyages are still apparent in today’s society for many reasons such as, the consequences of slavery still affect our lives today, European trade was the first step towards today’s economy, and exploration led to the transfer of ideas that are still used today.
