How did the renaissance motivate european explorers

Renaissance motivated Europeans explorers by introducing an idea of individualism. Renaissance period brings out curiosity among the explores to sail far beyond places which have not discovered. Renaissance urged people to get accustomed to the luxury items like silk, spices and other materials. Also, encourage explorations to generate wealth and expand trading with one another.                                

the answer to your question is a. the salt plains

in 1811, he led an expedition, known as the george c. sibley expedition, to improve relations with the pawnee and kansa tribes, and also to locate the rumored jefferson's salt mountain

answer: this is because archeologists keep finding artefacts and ancient ruins dated more than 10000 to 15000 years, date around scientists said humans discovered language; which is at least mysterious as scientists always have said that is necessary to have a language to have architecture and some basic maths.

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