Effects Of European Exploration

European exploration had a significant impact on both the Europeans and their indigenous counterparts. Exploration can be attributed to a variety of reasons including missionaries to educate and convert the masses to Christianity, slave labor and riches, and trade. However, these reasons arguably benefited the Europeans more than they did the Indigenous people. As a result of this, Indigenous people were often subjected to harsh and inhumane treatment in the Caribbean and the Americas. Therefore the activities of the great European explorers in the Age of Exploration should be viewed as crimes against humanity rather than historical achievements. Through the reading and first hand accounts entitled "Excerpts from Brief Account of the Devastation