There was gold in Asia, it was thought, and certainly silks and spices, for
Marco Polo and others had brought back marvelous things from their overland
expeditions centuries before. Now that the Turks had conquered Constantinople
and the eastern Mediterranean, and controlled the land routes to Asia, a sea
route was needed. Portuguese sailors were working their way around the
southern tip of Africa. Spain decided to gamble on a long sail across an
unknown ocean.
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发表于 2010-8-2 16:35:48
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