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Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.

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The European conquest of America began as an offshoot of the quest for a sea route to India, china, and the islands of the East Indies, the source of the silk, tea, spices, porcelain, and other luxury goods. Profit and piety- the desire to eliminate Islamic middlemen and win control of trade for Christian western Europe- combined to inspire the quest for a direct route to Asia.
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