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A route west to India and china, so as to avoid the traditional route of having to go right round Africa (the Suez canal did not exist in his day) he lived in spian and he is the one how discovered USA
His goal was to find a route to the rich spice trade of the Indies and to explore the west coast of Africa.
he found a route that nobody else could find to Africa which lead to improved maps
The sea route and the land route were generally the same length in time (the Panama canal was not yet dug, forcing ships to go around the Southern tip of South America) and most decided the land route was preferable.
there is none. ideas have been tosses around but to date there is no bridge between Spain and North Africa (strait of Gibraltar) to date.