The common reason explorers set out for unknown lands, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, was the stimulation to seek new routes, rather than new lands since by the end of the 14th century the empire of the mongols was breaking up and therefore Western merchants could no longer be assured of safe conduct along the land routes.
The gender stereotypes shows the pointing out and specific attributes to a person's gender or characteristics, or roles by reason of his or her membership in the social group of women and men.
