Was the age of exploration motivated solely by gold and glory?

The age of Discovery became a starry time for European colonizers who explored and conquered New unknown lands, energetic Merchants dashing Sailors greedy lovers of easy game and Stern Knights went on a quest for fabulous treasures and Immortal glory in unknown worlds, what prompted them to face danger and what trials awaited them on the way.

one of the reasons for the search for new trade routes and lands was the catastrophic shortage of spices used for cooking dishes and extending their shelf life, this was due to the ottoman occupation of most of the Eastern Mediterranean and Southern Balkans in the 15th century the hostility of the Ottoman Turks to the Genoese and the venetians whose ships were the main carriers of spices and other Oriental Goods minimized getting spices by the Europeans and encouraged the latter to seek new ways of supplying vital provisions another factor that stimulated the search for new lands was the lack of gold and silver coins in the late Middle Ages European market mythologized legends about fabulous treasures and deposits of gold silver and gems in India and China have seduced European Kings and Aristocrats who sought to possess a portion of these Treasures at this time scientific progress led to the spread of Eratosthenes idea among European scientists about the sphericity of the earth among such Advanced…