voyages of Columbus
... The greatest explorer of this time, Christopher Columbus, undertook many journeys, which reflected this attitude of expansion in several ways. The voyages of Christopher Columbus expressed the general political, social, and scientific outlook of the fifteenth century. ... Columbus expressed the political outlook of the fifteenth century by finding these new lands, conquering them, and moving on to conquer more. ... By spreading Christianity, European countries hoped to bring moral values to the rest of the world and thereby improve the social situations. Columbus was a Roman Catholic and a Christian, therefore it was also his duty to spread his religion worldwide.