HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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Spain was the first European power to gain a foothold in Asia?
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Portugal seized the island of Goa, making it their major military and commercial base.
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For most of the 1500s, Portugal could not control the spice trade between Europe and Asia
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Italy was the first European country to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade in the 1500s.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Strong among them are the satisfaction of curiosity, the pursuit of trade, the spread of religion, and the desire for security and political power. At different times and in different places, different motives are dominant.
Detailed explanation-3: -Access to commodities such as fabrics, spices, and gold motivated a European quest for a faster means to reach South Asia. It was this search that led the Portuguese down the coast of West Africa to Sierra Leone in 1460.
Detailed explanation-4: -Portugal, the western-most European country, was one of the primary players in the European Age of Discovery and Exploration. Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa.