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Introduction the fifteenth and the sixteenth the states of Europe began their modern exploration of the with a series of sea . The Atlantic states of Spain and Portugal were foremost this enterprise though countries, notably England and the Netherlands, also part. These increased European knowledge the wider world, particularly in to sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. were frequently connected to conquest and missionary , as the states Europe attempted to increase their influence, in political and religious terms, the world.