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The Geographical Discovery The great luxury trade with the East. Spices and condiments especially Pepper, were much in demand in Europe to relieve the monotony of diet. From the East also came precious stones, fine textiles, rugs, and tapestries. In exchange for such products as these, Europe sent large quintiles of coarse woo1en cloth, and the raw metals tin, copper, and lead. But there remained what in modern times we should call an unfavorable balance of trade: Europe gradually drained herse1f of gold and silver to Pay for her imported luxuries. There were three main trade route from the