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 * = To find new trade routes to the Spice Island. =

As all of us know, spices were very important during the age of discovery. they were very important, also beforethe age of discovery because the people needed them to preserve food. They also were very important to taste the food and some of them as medicine too.

The crown of Castile and the kingdom of Portugal, were the most powerful and important groups in charch of the search for new trade routes. They needed new trade routes, because in 1454, the Tuks conquered Constantinaple and collapse the trade rutes wich the europeans all ready know. To used those trade routes, the european people needed to paid money. For this reason european people (the crown of Castile and the portuguese people) started to search new trade routes. They had two options:


 * 1) To border all the coast of the African continent. Then, went to the north until the Far East.
 * 2) To circumnavigate all the world crossing the Atlantic Ocean. This Ocean, was very brave and they didn´t know so much about it.



As I say before, spices were very important. Now I go to talk about some of the most important spices:spices Some of the most important explorers that started their travells to find new trade routes were:Explorers