USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cape Route, the route around Africa, the Carreira da Índia or the European-Asian sea route, used to be among the world’s most important routes of commerce. The first known completion was made by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 1498.

Detailed explanation-2: -The European-Asian sea route, commonly known as the sea route to India or the Cape Route, is a shipping route from the European coast of the Atlantic Ocean to Asia’s coast of the Indian Ocean passing by the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas at the southern edge of Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sea route was to go around the southern tip of Africa, which was not even believed to exist by some at that time. In 1487 Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias (1450?-1500) rounded the cape of Africa in stormy seas and began sailing in a northeast direction to reach what is now South Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Contents. In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.