Why were the European countries eager to explore different routes?

Easier trade.

Explanation:

Any route to make trade easier helped with Europe/s trading system. Making it faster and more reliable to get goods.

the following men who did not in the unification of italy were.

a) giuseppe mazzini

c) alexander ll

the other two men were camilo cavour and giuseppe garibaldi they the unification of italy by yielding territories in the italian unification. in 1861 italy was declared a united-nation state under the sardinian king victor immanuel ll.

answer; allows decision to stand;