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The great aim of the Portuguese was (0) to find (find) a sea route to India. The old land routes across (1) were blocked (block) by the turks who were rapidly (2) advancing (advance) towards Constantinople which they (3) had captured (capture) in 1453. The Red Sea route was in the hands of powerful cities of Genoa and Venice, which did not encourage outsiders. If Portugal was (4) to compete (compete) with these cities for trade with the wealthy merchants of Bombay and Calicut, she had to find anóther route to India. Prince Henry, son of King John of Portugal (5) determined (determine) to open up a route to India (6) had decided (decide) to go round the coast of Africa. By the time Prince Henry the Navigator dîed in 1461, his ships (7) had passed (pàss) Cape Bojado. Slowly, the whole of the West Coast of Africa (8) exploréd (explorè).
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