Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in.

A spice merchant wants to join the precious gem trade. He's heard that the East is a rich source of gems. However, the merchant lives in

western Europe, and there is no direct route from his country to the East. The coast of his country faces the Atlantic Ocean, not the

Mediterranean Sea. His countrymen have already explored part of the African coast. But the merchant knows that he must travel all the way

around Africa if he wants to reach the East. An explorer from the merchant's nation recently discovered the Cape of Good Hope. The

merchant decides to take this route to the East.

Based on the passage, the merchant is from _____?

Respuesta :

The details about the nation facing the Atlantic and a native of the country having discovered the Cape of Good Hope, show that the merchant is from Portugal.

Where is the merchant from?

The first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope was the Portuguese Sailor, Bartolomeu Dias.

This means that the merchant is from Portugal. To further assert this claim, other details in the passage support this. For instance, Portugal faces the Atlantic Ocean and is located in Western Europe.

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