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Europeans began to look for ways to get around Venice's hold on the spice trade, Henry The Navigater urged for sea captains to explore southward on the coast of Africa. He wanted to find a route around that continent to the spice islands near India.
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Thought Asia could be reached by sailing west from europe
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Culumbus persuaded the king and queen of spain to support the expedition
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King Henry VII sent cabot on a voyage
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Portuguease explorer found the route around that continent to the spice island near India
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He explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico
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King Francis I of france sent this Italian navigator westerward