Because Turkey was asking for a high toll to pay to pass through.
He wanted to find a really fast and easy trade route to the Indies, or Asia. The Indies had a bunch of spices, which Europeans did not have.
To find a route to Asia.
Too find a shorter root for the spice trade they had with Asia
Spain
New trade routes to Asia
The Europeans planned to find different routes to Asia. The Europeans' intent to find new routes to Asia was not about price-point, but about availability. Europe did not have access to enough salt and spices to satiate their appetites and so wished to acquire more.
His attempt to find a western route to Asia led the Europeans to the Americas
Northwest Passage:)
he made other sailors sailors wanna find Asia when the Europeans heard of Marco Polo's stories.
hisrtory homw ork
It was all about spices, yes the ones for cooking
Before the 15th century, Asia was already an appealing place for the Europeans.What they knew about Asia was often limited to secondary information and derived from the chronicles of various explorers like Marcopolo.Because of the depictions of asia as a rich place, the Europeans decided to find their own route that would lead them towards the richest of asia