FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Found first all-water route east to asia
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Created a settlement from conquering Mayan territory in South America
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He wrote the novel, “Proper Ship Operations, “ which revolutionized Europe during the time
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He was a famous artist for Constantine
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.
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. 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-4: -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-5: -Eastern maritime route. Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in his 1497-1499 expedition, becoming the first European to reach Asia (India) directly by sea.