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Why was a western route to Asia desired?

A

Water travel is easier than land travel.

B

The Ottoman Turks had made land travel to the Far East dangerous.

C

To convert East Asians to Catholicism.

D

Gold would be easier to ship on a boat.

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The correct answer is that water travel is easier than land travel.

But some additional aspects were that during a land travel, a lot of taxes were collected on the way by all the cities throug which one had to pass: and they hoped that water travel would bring the goods in cheaper.

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