Which of the following was not a factor that encouraged European expansionism? Renaissance culture encouraged exploration. Europeans wished to circumvent overland Muslim traders by finding an eastern oceanic route to Asia. Europeans wanted to do away with the African gold trade. Improvements in navigational instruments, mapmaking, and ship design aided sailors.

Which of the following was not a factor that encouraged European expansionism? Renaissance culture encouraged exploration. Europeans wished to circumvent overland Muslim traders by finding an eastern oceanic route to Asia. Europeans wanted to do away with the African gold trade. Improvements in navigational instruments, mapmaking, and ship design aided sailors.

	Renaissance culture encouraged exploration.
	Europeans wished to circumvent overland Muslim traders by finding an eastern oceanic route to Asia.
	Europeans wanted to do away with the African gold trade.
	Improvements in navigational instruments, mapmaking, and ship design aided sailors.