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To find spices. Spices were very valuable back then. Gold and other precious metals were an added bonus.
silk spices precious metals rare pricey stuff
oil, fruit, textiles, precious metals, spices and medicines
Columbus got silk and spices from India
because they use to import spices from ASIA..... and quicker trips earn them lots of bucks... and as it is known that spices in those days was costlier than some of the precious metals.....
Preserved food, beverages, machinery, precious stones, metals, spices, coffee, and tea. Canada imports from Lebanon were valued at about $9.8 million in 2003.
the chinese received silk precios metals and spices while on the silk road...... mabye
SPICES
Ancient Egyptians valued cinnamon and pepper as luxury spices, and they imported them from distant lands. These spices were precious and reserved for the elite class, and they were likely kept in special containers made of precious metals and stored in the homes or storerooms of the wealthy. They were used in cooking, in religious rituals, and for medicinal purposes.
they had spices
to find spices and jerlery.
Christopher Columbus.