Europeans Embarked on Expansionist Voyages for All of the Following

Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) there was a potential for economic gain through increased world trade.
B) some desired to spread Christianity to other parts of the world.
C) they had developed confidence from improved cartography, navigational methods, and ship designs.
D) fear than Islam would occupy the rest of the world if Christendom did not.
E) knowledge of wind patterns in the Atlantic Ocean.