Answer:
The statement is true.
Explanation:
India and China dominated the trade before the discovery of the New World. Trade very much conducted between Asia and Europe through the Silk Route. After the Crusade, Europeans decided to found new routes through seas and oceans to reach Asia. During the age of exploration, explorer-like Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan decided to sail in search of a westward route to Asia. Columbus began to sail and found a new route which led him to discover the New World in 1492.
