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They wanted to convert the people of east Africa to Christianity and search for their Christian king Prestor John to assist them in their mission
They had skilled voyagers at the east African coast who were ready to carry out exploration voyages through the support of prince Henry the navigator
They had been for a long time been rivals with Arabs and Turks over the east African trade. To stop them, they had to control the east African trade
The coast was a midway between India and Europe and thus provided a base for supply of fresh water and food
They were looking for sea route to India. The existing overland routes were dominated by the hostile Arabs
The Portuguese wanted to take revenge on their earlier defeat by the Muslims who had conquered the Iberian Peninsula
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