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Voyages of Discovery
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Voyages of Discovery The voyages of discovery materialized from the Spanish’s need for spices, gold, free labor, and other goods. The Spanish financed many explores to search for a cheaper and quicker way to the Indies. The Indies and eastern Asia had abundant amounts of spices and silks that they were willing to trade at a relatively cheap price. The first of these explores was Christopher Columbus. Columbus set forth from Spain in 1492 and sailed east across the Atlantic Ocean. This was unheard of because at this time the majority of the population thought that the earth was flat and that any one that sailed east would fall off the edge of the earth. The original trade routes to eastern parts of Asia was to sail south around Africa and then north up to India or to take land routes across the European content then through the Asia to reach India.
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