because they felt like it. So they just did it . So deal with it :P
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).
He originally wanted to find an easier trade route to asia
No, it was Portugal.
It didn't. Portugal was gifted with Macau and Taiwan by the Chinese government in exchange for the Portuguese Navy wiping out Japanese pirates from the Sea of China. Spain was largely unsuccessful in trading with China.
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(bb) Marco polo sponering country was France China was the sponsoring country and the Kublai Khan was the sponsoring monarch.
Spain?? But Portugal beat them to it . . .
Who followed the path of dias around southern tip of Africa but continued to India opening trade route for Portugal
hoped to find route to china india & japan
there! Ferdinand Magellan was Portuguese, but sailed for Spain (under Spanish King Charles the First) to find an alternate spice trade route to India (instead of using Portugal's route)
He originally wanted to find an easier trade route to asia
They wanted to find a faster, less expansive, route.
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No, it was Portugal.
No, it was Portugal.
Christopher Columbus never traveled from Spain to India.
It didn't. Portugal was gifted with Macau and Taiwan by the Chinese government in exchange for the Portuguese Navy wiping out Japanese pirates from the Sea of China. Spain was largely unsuccessful in trading with China.
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