To identify the lands where spices grew.
15th Century A+
It was Vasco Da Gama who reached India for the first time from the Indian Ocean in the fifteenth century. He established the sea route to one of Asia's richest country at that point of time.
The Ottoman Empire controlled the land trade-routes between East Asia and Europe. As a result, it was able to dominate trade until the Europeans circumvented Ottoman-controlled lands by finding an all-water route to East Asia in the sixteenth century.
a sea route around Africa
A shorter sea route to Asia...
a sea route to Asia
a trade route to asia
the North West Passage
Spain
a sea route to Asia
they had trouble with the route and they were caught by the pirates . also they faced many hardships.
Europeans never had silk farming. That is one reason they wanted a route to Asia so much.