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His original objective in traveling, and navigating the earth, was to find an easier route to the spice islands in Asia, because spices were scarce in Europe and were practically unavailable to them at the time. Spices were sold very high during his time, and were quite expensive, because they were used for preservation of food, because refrigerators were non-existent, and of course to make food taste better.

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