Why was Portugal the first nation to find an all-water route to the East?
(A) The merchants were fed up with paying the high prices for exotic eastern goods.
(B) The prince educated navigators in the needed skills.
(C) Portugal already had forts along the entire coast of Africa to sail to India.
(D) Portuguese explorers were being pursued by Spanish ships and turned eastward.
Yes, it was. At the time, it bring great prosperity to the country. If you want to compare to the modern days, it was like the first landing in moon. D.
