The route European explorers looked for was a sea route, as the overland route across Asia was cut off by the Ottoman Empire. The first to discover this route was Vasco de Gama, who went through the perilous Cape of Good Hope and ended up in Calicut, India.
north america to asia then asia to australia
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Vasco de Gama thank you very much.Vasco de Gama , A Portuguese explorer , made the first voyage from Europe to Asia.
to find fur and lumber and gold
It was France.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni da Verrazano was a famous Florentine explorer. In 1524, he was commissioned by King Francis I to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia through North America.
to find a western trade route to Asia
cortes
many european explorers tried to find a trade route 2 asia, but many of them, well most of them never found it
Samuel de champain
Portugal
Christopher Columbus he sailed the ocean in a search route for asia but ended up in el salvador
The route European explorers looked for was a sea route, as the overland route across Asia was cut off by the Ottoman Empire. The first to discover this route was Vasco de Gama, who went through the perilous Cape of Good Hope and ended up in Calicut, India.
why did they have to find a new route? 2 words