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Economics. Its cheaper to have slaves to do really nasty drudge work for you, and you turn a higher profit at your business. Since slaves are not people, they have no rights, no raises, no health care, nothing. Since there was a very high demand for this kind of labor, the British saw pound signs and started into it. However, slavery was abolished in the UK in the early 1800's I believe.
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Did Vasco da Gama sail across Africa to reach India?
You can't sail across Africa. No water.
What Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
Around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Who was the first explorer to sail around southern tip of Africa?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who sent portuguese explorers to west Africa?
prince henry the navigator sent out several ships to explore the western coast of africa :)
What continent did British ships have to sail around to travel to India and China before the Suez canal was opened?
Africa
What land in northern Europe did mediterranean's traders sail to?
The Phoenicians went to the British Isles for tin from Cornwall, about 500BC.
Which continent did the portuguese believe they could sail around the reach the east indies?
Africa
Did Bartolomeu Dias sail around the tip of Africa?
Yes
Why can't you sail around Africa's interior to the sea?
it is to small
What did the British empire get out of Egypt being part of the British empire?
The Suez Canal, which linked the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, meaning that British ships did not have to sail around Africa to reach India, a hugely important route for British (and French trading).
The first British seaman to sail around the world was?
Sir Francis Drake was hailed as the first Englishman to sail around the world
Who was the second to sail around the south of Africa?
Vasco Da Gama
Who was the first explorer to completely sail around Africa?
Christopher Columbus
What cape in South Africa did Magellan sail around?
cape horn
Who discovered a way to sail around the tip of Africa in the 1400s?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
What Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
