In this period mystery about countries and people began to be revealed due to sufficiency in navigation, discoveries about countries and proficiency in technology. Colonisation and trade interest resulted into the spread of broad knowledge about the world due to the discoveries of new regions and research.
In this period, more emphasis was laid on discoveries, exposition and regional analysis. All the aspects of region were broadly described in regional analysis. It was believed that all the regions are perfect units and parts of the earth. It will help the people to understand the earth by understanding the regions. On this basis, geographical studies were done.