King John of portugal wanted sail Around Africa to the Indies.

Queen Isabella sent her sailers west indies

In the 1490s a lot of explorers were sailing because a when Christopher Columbus he was the first one to get out in the open world. He opened new places up for people to look for gold and spices and more land. They Wanted to find a new route for them to get treasures.

Interesting Facts

The Europeans went through Constantinople to get to asia before the war. Constantinople is in turkey and the people there were called Turks.