HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese were the pioneers in opening oceanic trade with India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope, in the Atlantic Ocean. It was undertaken under the command of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama during the reign of King Manuel I in 1495–1499.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -His predecessor navigators helped him understand sea routes In 1487, Bartolomeu Dias discovered that the Indian and Atlantic Oceans were connected.