GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -On 20th May 1498, two years after he set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, Vasco da Gama arrived on the Western sea coast of India at Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. This was the first time that a European had arrived in India via the sea.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1498, Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, discovered a direct sea route from Europe to India. It led to the expansion of trade between Europe and Asia as many Southeast Asian countries started trafding with European nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1498, Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, found a sea route directly from Europe to India by going around Africa. After Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the new sea route to India, other countries of Southeast Asia and China came on the trade radar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before reaching India on May 20, 1498.