who where the explorers in the period of age of exploration
Age of Exploration. EXPLORERS. MORE ON EXPLORERS. The Age of Exploration started in the 1400âs. Europeans were desperate to get spices from Asia. Spices were used to preserve foods and keep them from spoiling. Spices, however, were expensive and dangerous to get. Traders had to travel parts of the dangerous Silk Road (a land route from Europe to Asia) to get them.