GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -His predecessor navigators helped him understand sea routes In 1487, Bartolomeu Dias discovered that the Indian and Atlantic Oceans were connected.

Detailed explanation-3: -But due to the political crisis created by the Turkish empire, the land route connecting India to the European countries was closed. At the same time, Indian resources were in great demand in European countries. These factors pushed the Europeans to discover a new sea route to India.