Answer:
my assumed answer is C because those are the obvious trade routs.
i will work on this give me a minute
Answer:
A lot it changes how they view the world
Explanation:
They wanted to keep trade with china open. :)
The main way in which the nature of European exploration changed by the seventeenth century was that by this time, the major European powers such as Spain and Portugal had claimed large amounts of territory in the New World, and already exporting large amounts of natural resources back to their homeland.