The term Age of Exploration describes:

A. the period when Scandinavians and Polynesians traveled to new countries for the first time.
B. the period when many Western Europeans traveled across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the first time.
C. the period when many new technologies were developed in China and other Asian countries.
D. the period when Asians and Africans established a trading network between their two continents for the first time.