a sea route around Africa
A shorter sea route to Asia...
sea monsters
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they had trouble with the route and they were caught by the pirates . also they faced many hardships.
A shorter sea route to Asia...
the arabs
Explorers that were finding a water route to asia.
mediterranean port
to find a sea route to the East
The Europeans switched from finding a shorter passage to Asia, to exploitation/settlement of the Americas. (The exception to this was the search for a Northwest Passage, or short route to Asia thru the Arctic, by explorers such as Franklin.)
Portugal was searching for a route to Asia to increase trade and find gold.