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Why was Columbus Looking for Asia?
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How did the medieval age end? We use the term Renaissance, or more academically the early modern period, but what divides them? I’ve talked a little previously about Columbus, and his voyage to find Asia by sailing west. But what I want to answer today is, why was he trying that?
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