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At first they were looking for better trade routes to India and the far east to decrease the cost and risk of shipment of spices, tea, silk and other items only available from there. After realizing that it was not an alternate route, the new world was seen as a source of Natural Resources and as unclaimed lands available for colonization to expand their countries.

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At first they were looking for better trade routes to India and the far east to decrease the cost and risk of shipment of spices, tea, silk and other items only available from there. After realizing that it was not an alternate route, the new world was seen as a source of Natural Resources and as unclaimed lands available for colonization to expand their countries.

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