In fourteen hundred ninety-two,Columbus sailed the ocean blue… Most of us have recited this rhyme to remember the year of America’s discovery, but how many know the motivation behind Christopher Columbus’ ocean voyage? Columbus was trying to find a new route to the far east, but why? The answer: to bypass the Silk Road tariffs. […]
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