USA HISTORY

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: -Vasco da Gama’s name has figured in all history books, whether they relate to World, European, 1 Asian or Indian history, 2 as a great sailor and adventurer. He has been solely credited with the honour of having discovered the sea-route from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ibn Majid, an Omani Arab sailor, helped Vasco da Gama find his sea route-from the African coast to the Malabar Coast. India’s relations with the Arabs have historical antecedents. Arab traders of the 8th century were the first Muslims in the subcontinent.

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: -São Gabriel was the flagship of Vasco da Gama’s armada on his first voyage to India in 1497–1499. São Gabriel is on the bottom right.