There is so many reasons but they are complicated to explain
I will try my best to answer this next time
The answer is YES, but only on sacred occasion or in times of a natural disasters. Hope it help!
I want to say Germany and Ireland
European powers were running out of places to colonize in africa, while trade in East Asia was becoming more and more profitable, but the cost in time and money of traveling all the way around africa and through the india ocean (or the long trek down the silk road) was hampering European profits off of trading. So the Spanish sent Columbus to find a shorter root to Asia. Columbus didn't set out looking for America, it was just a happy accident.