The best reason for the expansion and exploration of the new world was of course due to money. The biggest reason for the exploration was because of the economic scare that everyone got because of the Ottomans taking over the trading routes of the east raising economics concers. Muslims controlled the rich spice trade of the Indian Ocean Everyone wanted to find the Northwest Passage toward the Orient as they all believed that it was the direct rout toward spices, silks and wealth. Europeans wanted to trade with the eastern part of the world, wanting to make money easier and trade off goods that they did not have. Like Europeans, Portuguese wanted to find gold and an overseas route toward a spice market of India. Spanish explores wanted to search