Title: The Age of European Exploration and Conquest: Motivations and Settlement Patterns of Portuguese and Spanish Explorers The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries marked a significant period in history known as the Age of European Exploration and Conquest.

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Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:
Identify and discuss the factors leading to the Age of European Exploration and Conquest during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and discuss how any two of the following nations: Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French- differed in terms of their motivations for exploration and their settlement patterns.