Britain did ban forced marriages in 2014 with taken action to rescue underaged girls from abroad and in that way they issued forced marriage protection orders.
Now in Wales in Englas, if you want to get married and you are underage you must have parental consent to get married but there is the possibility to get married in Scotland without the consent of your parents if you are 16 or 17 years old.
The European explorers were looking for resources and trade routes, more specifically a quick and easy water route to the East Indies since the muslim Ottoman empire blocked the middle east.