They were heading toward Asia because the prices of silk along the Silk Road were too high
Africa
The Portuguese has many reasons for exploring West Africa in the 1400s. They wanted to know to what extent Muslim territories extended into Africa itself. They also wished to trade with West Africa directly through sea ports. Their hopes were also to find allies in the area and to see if it was a possibility to reach the Indies so that they could trade spices.
Africa
Portugal began to establish trading posts in Africa in the early 1400s.
Portuguese sailors were trying to find a better, less expensive route to Asia, one of their trading partners, and they were also interested in going to Africa in the hopes of finding more trading partners or more resources, or both.
Africa
In the late 1400s.
Africa coast
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They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400s to spread protestant Christianity around the world.
The Portuguese has many reasons for exploring West Africa in the 1400s. They wanted to know to what extent Muslim territories extended into Africa itself. They also wished to trade with West Africa directly through sea ports. Their hopes were also to find allies in the area and to see if it was a possibility to reach the Indies so that they could trade spices.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.
Trade between Europe and Africa before the 1400s was indirect. Between the 1400s and the 1700s, it was direct.