His goal was to find a route to the rich spice trade of the indies and to explore the west coast of Africa.
They discovered the Southern Route to the Indian Ocean, via Cape Hope, established trading enclaves at Indian Ocean Ports like Macau, and enforced their trade monopoly with Cannon, Ships, and Fortifications. They were tough, able, Mariners and Traders and they broke the Spice Monopoly belonging to the Arab Traders before them.
The spice trade. Research the Dutch East India Company and you will find a wealth of information as to why the Dutch were able to dominate the spice trade.
The triangular trade route
Portugal was searching for a route to Asia to increase trade and find gold.
Italy lost a monopoly
Italy lost a monopoly
There was no water route to India. Italy have a monopoly on the spice trade because they had the only water route to India
he went because of the spice
His goal was to find a route to the rich spice trade of the Indies and to explore the west coast of Africa.
Countries in the spice route included countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. You can get more information about the spice route at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Spice trade" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
The East- West trade route connecting China to Britain (British). Acapulco-Philiphines-Spice Trade Route (Dutch).
spice trade was controlled from europ to china and beyond by sea and ground.
to make an impact of Portugal
The spread of Christianity
the establishment of European empires
The establishment of European empires