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John Cabot never led an expedition to Asia. However, when he was alive, it was believed that the New World was actually Asia, so he would have thought he had gotten to Asia.

His motives for trying to get to Asia were to acquire expensive items, such as silks, spices, and jewels.

He traveled to the Americas because at the time, sailing west from Europe was thought to be the quickest way to get to Asia.

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to see if he could claim the land for his country

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Fame and Fortune. Cut out the Arabs by trading directly with Asia and make (in todays dollars) billions of dollars.

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because in asia there was silk and spices

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Because Asia had silk, spices, and gold

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