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Mike
December 18, 2025
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The Indies Route (also known as the Inderoute or Route de l’Inde) was a historic trade route between Europe and Asia, with India as its main destination.
• 🌍 Purpose: to bring spices, silk, gemstones, and other luxury products from India and Asia to Europe
• 🚢 By sea: around the Cape of Good Hope (discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1498)
• 🐪 By land: sections also followed the ancient Silk Roads through the Middle East
• 🇵🇹 Important country: Portugal was one of the first to control the sea route to India
• 🌍 Purpose: to bring spices, silk, gemstones, and other luxury products from India and Asia to Europe
• 🚢 By sea: around the Cape of Good Hope (discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1498)
• 🐪 By land: sections also followed the ancient Silk Roads through the Middle East
• 🇵🇹 Important country: Portugal was one of the first to control the sea route to India
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Elevation 220 m
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