Why did the king of Portugal reject Columbus’s project? What arguments could Columbus use to convince the king?
| October 31, 2020 | Education
By the end of the 15th century, Portugal had mastered the eastern route to India, so the Portuguese did not need a new western route. If Columbus had convinced himself and others that there was another equally rich land in the west, then perhaps the Portuguese would have supported him.
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