SSC MTS EXAM

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: -King Manuel I of Portugal sanctioned the voyage to India and appointed da Gama as the expedition’s leader and as the captain of the Armada. The expedition comprised 4 ships and 170 men.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail from Europe to India, enabling trade with the Far East. This so-called ‘Route of Spices’ was important for Portugal’s colonial and commercial expansion, becoming a great naval power in the fifteenth century.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. 2. Portuguese Empire established the first European trading centre at Calicut.