Magnus Inventionis “When what you have is not enough, take from innocent people in foreign lands and give them diseases.”-The Apparent European Philosophy during the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration was a time when European nations needed more resources and wanted new lands so they sailed around the world in search of these things. Even though innocent people were subjugated, the Age of Exploration was an important time of change for both the New World and Europe. New trade routes were established and new resources were discovered by both societies. The need for more resources as well as new navigational tools resulted in exploration, as well as a heavily influenced New World. The permutability of Europe towards the end of the