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lions [1.4K]
2 years ago
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What motivated Christopher Columbus to find a shorter and more efficient sea route to Asia?

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nordsb [41]2 years ago
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The answer is money. It was believed that if they found a shorter way to Asia that they could access the trading market more easily and avoid middle-men and things like that. They could open companies there and trade for much less money and earn much more. However, he ended up in the Americas, not India.
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