History of the American Peoples

The discovery of an all-water route between Europe and Asia would have lowered prices of Eastern Goods because it would have made the cost of travel and shipping that much cheaper. Travel on land was difficult and laborious. There were huge mountain chains and long journeys to traverse in order to trade goods. An all-water route between Europe and Asia would have made shipping and trading goods a much less expensive venture. If the original price of a jewel in As...