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Which motivation helped drive Columbus’s pursuit of a westward sea route from Europe to Asia?

A)the need to find a northwest passage to the Pacific*****
B)the impassable mountains and desert along the eastward land route
C)the interest in exploring new continents to the west
D)the desire to find a sea route to Asia before the Portuguese

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the desire to find a sea route to Asia before the Portuguese.

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