Statistics for occurrence #1 of “western Europe” in entry columbus-christopher of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ea. Thither Christopher went in 1470. Prince Henry of Portugal was then engaged in explorations of the west coast of Africa, seeking for a passage to India south of that continent.
The merchants of western Europe were then debarred from participation in the rich commerce of the Fast by way of the Mediterranean Sea by their powerful and jealous rivals, the Italians, and this fact stimulated explorations for th...
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