European colonisation of Southeast Asia tightening Turkish control and eventual shut down of the Eastern Mediterranean gateways into Asia first prompted Portuguese, and later Spanish and Dutch sea voyagers to ship around Africa in search of new trading routes and business opportunities. Niccolò de' Conti arrived in Southeast Asia as the earliest documented European in the early 15th century. By 1498 Vasco da Gama, who had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope, established the first direct sea route from Europe to India. Central among the various plannings was to establish direct and permanent trade of the highly priced spices, that were native to Southeast
Ocean Shores Municipal Airport Ocean Shores Municipal Airport Ocean Shores Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Ocean Shores, a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "general aviation" facility. Ocean Shores Municipal Airport covers an area of 49 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 15 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,100 by 50 feet (945 x 15