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There was no water route to India. Italy have a monopoly on the spice trade because they had the only water route to India
Countries in the spice route included countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. You can get more information about the spice route at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Spice trade" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
Malacca was important because the Strait of Malacca provided transport for the spice-route and trade around the 1400's.
he went because of the spice
Italy lost a monopoly
If you mean Why is Vasco Da Gama "important" then heres the answer. He was important because he was the first European to find and navigate a spice trade route to India by sea.
He was in a search of a westward route to the "spice lands."
Magellan went to open the "Spice route" without damaging relations with Portugal.
spice gold
Italy lost a monopoly
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Ferdinand Magellan