Accurate maps and sea charts helped them
Answer:
disequilibrium is result of both excess supply and excess demand
At a time when trade and transport were made primarily by water, and bearing in mind that European powers needed to have free access to the rich colonies, and only by sea could they communicate with America and the colonies, the ocean and the seas were the higways of the past. Therefore, access and control of the sea routes, was the only way to have control over the colonies, their riches; and become the dominant power in the world. In addition, the wars between France and Great Britain were not only for trade or wealth, but for power itself, to decide who would dominate the seas.
Limits on U.S. and Soviet weapons (hence the title "Strategic Arms Limitation")
He had openly stated in one of his letters that he would like to have full control of the Kongo-Portuguese slave trade. However, he was opposed to slavery and actually fought with the Portuguese.