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Marco Polo
They traveled to Asia by sea so that they could trade. Asia had spices, tea, paper, silk, and more that the European traders wanted.
He was the first European Explorer. But Marco Polo was from China and traveled to Italy must before Magellan.
Marco Polo was a famous explorer from Venice. He traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He also wrote, "The Travels of Marco Polo,"
Spices, tools, food items, cattle, and medicine were early trade items.
Bartolomeo Dias traveled between Europe and Asia since he was a Portuguese sea captain and explorer.
Europe didn't trade spices to Asia, Asia traded spices to Europe. Europe sometimes gave Asia cloth or food and water for asia's spices. Some of the spices were even sometimes gold and valuble rocks.
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Ibn Battuta
He wanted jewels spices cotton
Historically, Muslims bridged the trade routes between Europe and Asia, especially in moving spices from India and Indonesia to the Mediterranean Coast.