-Climate was conducive to the portuguese men.
-Available natural harbours for their ships.
-They wanted to take control over theeast africa coast so as to use it as a strategic base.
-They wanted to capture sofala gold trade.
-They had an aim of preventing the egyptians and the turks from obtaining support from east africa coast incase of wars.
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