Carl. Itâs strange you not pushing a Blue Oval (the only car for me) around the track but I remain a staunch Carl Edwards fan who in my opinion was screwed out of the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship or at least Co-championship. Get up on that wheel and win it this year. Bill Clark, Florence Kentucky.
By the end of the 10th century, the Cholan Empire controlled trade along both eastern and western coasts in the south and would extend their empire to Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. The arrival of Vasco da Gama from Portugal in 1498 established a sea route from Europe to India.
E. Napp Europeans Search for New Trade Routes In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Reasons for European Exploration of New Trade Routes Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias Trade With Asia During the 1300s and 1400s, Arab merchants carried goods from Asia to the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Other European countries wanted to profit from trade with Asia. They began to search for new trade routes. Prince Henry the Navigator was determined to help Portuguese explorers discover new trade routes. Dias was the first European explorer to circumnavigate Africa. Once Dias proved that the circumnavigation of Africa was possible, others followed.