European and American voyages of scientific exploration
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The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment. Maritime expeditions in the Age of Discovery were a means of expanding colonial empires, establishing new trade routes and extending diplomatic and trade relations to new territories, but with the Enlightenment scientific curiosity became a new motive for exploration to add to the commercial and political ambitions of the past. See also List of Arctic expeditions and List of Antarctic expeditions.
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See also
- Circumnavigation
- History of navigation
- List of explorers
- List of circumnavigations
- U.S. National Geodetic Survey
- Chronology of European exploration of Asia
- Timeline of European exploration
- List of Arctic expeditions
- List of Antarctic expeditions
- Apostles of Linnaeus
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