France, Spain, England, Netherlands, and Portugal had set out exploration for many different things, such as wealth, land, religious freedom, and many other reasons. These countries had been fairly successful on the finding of many new things, such as the astrolabe, the compass, and some additions to boats that made them overall better. I know that we can find more if we just keep exploring. Portugal had had a major impact on the world by setting the groundwork for other countries to sail. Portugal and as well as Spain had started to sail to find sea routes to Asia for trade, which they had found, Huzzah, and had sought out and sailed for more stuff soon after. England, France, and the Dutch had noticed that it had taken too long to get to
