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СБОРНИК УПРАЖНЕНИЙ ПО ПОДГОТОВКЕ К УСТНОЙ ЧАСТИ ОГЭ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ _______________________________. SPEAKING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STATE EXAM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India in 1497—1499 was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the Orient. Traveling the ocean route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula. Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along northern and coastal West Africa. The spices obtained from Southeast Asia were primarily pepper and cinnamon at first, but soon included other products, all new to Europe. Portugal maintained a commercial monopoly of these commodities for several decades. It would be a century later before other European powers such as the Netherlands and England, followed by France and Denmark, were able to challenge Portugal’s monopoly and naval supremacy in the Cape Route.
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