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So there would be a trade route to Asia to get spices and silk cheaper.

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They believed it was a direct water route to Asia through the Americas.

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Where did John Cabot exploring?

Quebec Canada and the North West passage. Actually he looked for the northwest passage but it did not and still doesn't exist


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Henry Hudson searched for the Northwest Passage.


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Northwest Passage - album - was created in 1981.


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De La Salle thought there was a northwest passage but there was not


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