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What are winds that provide a route for sailing ships from Europe to the Americas?
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Winds that provide a route for sailing ships from Europe and Americas?
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What is winds that provide a route for sailing ships from Europe to the Americas?
The "Atlantic Trade" winds
What was formed by ships that sailed from Europe to Africa from Africa to the Americas and from the Americas back to Europe?
triangular trade route
What did the triangular trade route look like?
The traingular trade route was in the shape of a triangle. Goods from Europe were shipped to Africa, goods from Africa were shipped to the Americas, and goods from the Americas were shipped to Europe.
What were the advantages and the disadvantage of sailing west from Europe to Asia?
The advantages was Portuguese ships began making expedition in search of a sea route to Asia. The disadvantages of sailing west from Europe to Asia is they had no maps that showed the world correctly.
What is a more direct water route through the Americas to Asia?
Exchange of goods and ideas between the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. A sought-after direct water route to Asia through the Americas.
What ocean do you sail on from Europe to south america?
Sailing from Europe to South America, the most practical route would be across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the legendary sailing route to the Pacific?
"Rounding the Horn" refers to following a south-by-southerwesterly route to the passageways between Tierra del Fuego and the outlying islands, then north-by-northwesterly to China or the Americas.
What is and describe a common triangular trade route where did the ships sail what did they carry from each port?
The triangular trade route was a major trading route during the Atlantic slave trade which lasted from the 16th to 19th centuries. It was an economic network linking the ports of three continents Africa Europe and the Americas. Ships would sail from Europe to Africa carrying goods such as weapons alcohol and textiles in exchange for enslaved people. These ships would then sail to the Americas where the enslaved people were exchanged for agricultural products such as sugar cotton tobacco and coffee. Finally the ships would return to Europe with the goods from the Americas. From Europe to Africa: weapons alcohol textiles From Africa to the Americas: enslaved people From the Americas to Europe: sugar cotton tobacco coffee
What term refers to the colonial trade route from Africa to the Americas?
This trade route actually included Europe as well, and it was called the Triangular Trade. Sugar, Cotton and Tobacco going to Europe, Textiles, Rum and manufactured goods to Africa and Slaves to the Americas. Of course these are not the only things that were traded on this trade route be these are the more famous of them, but things such as diseases, while not intended were also traded.
Can you describe the sailing route of Phoenicians?
no
Christopher Columbus is the leader of what?
was the leader of the first European expedition that attempted to find a new trade route to Asia bi sailing West from Europe.
