Question

Poor Portuguese explorers searched the coast of West Africa for all of the following EXCEPT...​​​



Responses

Food
Food

Slaves
Slaves

Gold
Gold

Tobacco

Answer 1

The correct answer is **Tobacco**. While Portuguese explorers were indeed searching for food, slaves, and gold along the coast of West Africa, tobacco was not a primary focus of their explorations in that region during that time period. Tobacco became more significant later with the colonization of the Americas.