Why was Portugal the first nation to find an all-water route to the East? The merchants were fed up with paying the high prices for exotic eastern goods. Portuguese explorers were being pursued by Spanish ships and turned eastward. The prince educated navigators in the needed skills. Portugal already had forts along the entire coast of Africa to sail to India.
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Terms in this set (29) Europeans needed an all-water route to the East because of the high prices in China. Most people joined the Crusades to seek riches.
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Why was Portugal the first nation to find an all-water route to the East? The merchants were fed up with paying the high prices for exotic eastern goods. Portuguese explorers were being pursued by Spanish ships and turned eastward. The prince educated navigators in the needed skills. Portugal already had forts along the entire coast of Africa to sail to India.
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