Why was the trip around South America impractical as a trade route? "please do 2 or more sentences. :)

The trade route proved to be impractical because the route was so risky and there was a great distance to travel. The rulers of the Native nations met them freely. The rulers of the Native nations were captured by treachery.

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wood carving remains today the primary sculptural art form of the sub saharan continent. african art history shows the earliest wooden sculptures from the 17th c are attributed to the kuba, central zaire but the earliest surviving sub-saharan sculpture is a zoomorphic head found in 1928 in central angola.

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