Could someone give me a short summary/bullet of the economic significance of the great voyages of discovery in particular for venice/portugal?

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Here's some information -- you can do the summarizing yourself.

http://www.sevenoceans.com/maritimediscovery/greatageofdiscovery15thcentury.htm

http://www.golisbon.com/culture/age-of-discovery.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery