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Columbus thought he could reach India by going west. He ran into America. India was the place where spices came (come) from and they were expensive. A fast trade route to India was seen as very much worth the price of three boats and crew.

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They gave Juan Ponce de Leon money to go on the trip to find the new world and to find and claim land for Spain.

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