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because they felt like it. So they just did it . So deal with it :P

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India and China had luxury goods that they could trade that the Spanish or Portuguese could not find anywhere else. They also had a desire for wealth and more land they could conquer(claim).

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Q: Why did portugal and spain want to find a water route to china and india?
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