american history to 1865

  In a post of 200 words (a  minimal guideline) answer the following.  Be sure to comment ion a  classmate's post (minimum 125 word guideline)  

Go to Section 4: Weeks 1 and 2 Textbook Reading from this week’s  Webtext and read the chapter titled “Early Globalization: The Atlantic  World, 1492-1650,” then compare and contrast Prince Henry the Navigator  of Portugal and Christopher Columbus (Do NOT INCLUDE BIOS!).  How did each approach finding a route to the Far East differently?  How  did early exploration end up creating the Atlantic slave Trade?  Was it  inevitable or a choice that nation's made? Next, using the Web-text,  suggest three (3) reasons explorers in general voyaged to America.