Geographical Discoveries

Description of the Portuguese discoveries Impetus for trips out of the geographical Pyrenean peninsula. Since it first went up to the Portuguese conquest of the peninsula outside the crisis in the country - the waves of famine, epidemics, war and destruction, which country from seeking new sources of livelihood. Portuguese fishing and having developed is not rare used their sailing skills, and they came out on the sea voyage. Land expansion has become the northern and western areas of Africa. Portugal was the only country actively engaged in activities outside of Europe. May be to gather Muslim Ceuta in Africa 1415 years. The Portuguese maritime expeditions counted on to get bullion and goods. Western silk for spices, carpets, china and have to pay gold Arabian merchants. In addition, the Europeans lacked. Does not produce the goods in Christian Europe, which have found that too in the east. So the road is estimated that sea to India by land route allowing bypass zone expansion of the Turks, to avoid high duties.