As others have said, this is the only sure idea group you should be taking (unless you want to play a very unorthodox Portuguese game). It'll also allow you to grow your fleet, both directly through the idea within it that increases fleet force limit, as well as indirectly through the creation of colonial nations. You can transfer a good chunk of Asian trade-money around Africa and into Sevilla rather than across land and into the English Channel node.Įxploration will help to initially start setting up that gloabal trade empire you're after.