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Why were European countries looking for all water routes to Asia?
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∙ 7y ago
The question is phrased poorly. There were several routes by which Europeans thought to get to Asia or to penetrate deep into the interior.
The most famous were the Northeastern and Northwestern Passages. These routes were impassible at the time however modern climate changes have opened them up. Shipping lanes North of Eurasia and North America are being claimed, charted, navigated as I write.
Colombus sailed due west from Europe to get to Asia. He died believing he had. He never realized he'd reached entirely different shores.
Magellan reached Asia by going west around the world.
Many explorers tried to get into southwestern China by going up the Mekong, & the Yangtse. As far as I know, Europeans knew the Indian rivers and the Brahmaputra River were impassible one in the Himalaya.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 7y agoSo that they could find faster ways to get to asia through the sea
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