Why did European nations choose to use sea routes to reach and trade with the Asian empires on the pacific coast?

Which of the following passages from “the californian’s tale” to advance the theme that pride can lead to regret? a.california has living dead men walking around b. tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn c. thirty-five years ago i was out prospecting on the stanislaus

The actors spoke loudly clearly and confidently. punctuate this sentence using the oxford comma

In melville's "bartleby the scrivener," why does the narrator refuse to fire bartleby even after bartleby has told him he will never write for him again? select all that apply