Why was a western route to Asia desired?

A.

Water travel is easier than land travel.

B.

The Ottoman Turks had made land travel to the Far East dangerous.

C.

To convert East Asians to Catholicism.

D.

Gold would be easier to ship on a boat.

The correct answer is that water travel is easier than land travel.

But some additional aspects were that during a land travel, a lot of taxes were collected on the way by all the cities throug which one had to pass: and they hoped that water travel would bring the goods in cheaper.