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Why did King John II of Portugal refuse Christopher Columbus?

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Why did King John II of Portugal refuse Christopher Columbus?

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Already in the service of King John II of Portugal, Columbus in 1484 proposed a new sea route to Asia. John dismissed Columbus’ project following Bartholomew Diaz’s discovery of a route to India via the Cape of Good Hope. Funding still another search for an Indian passage seemed unnecessary.

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