USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope). His voyage showed that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans flowed into each other. Ptolemy had been wrong to think that the Indian Ocean was land-locked. Dias’ discovery paved the way for Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cape of Good Hope, rocky promontory at the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa. The first European to sight the cape was Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 on his return voyage to Portugal after ascertaining the southern limits of the African continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In October 1486 King John II appointed Dias as the head of an expedition to find a trade route to India. It took a year of preparation before Bartolomeu Dias began his journey. Bartolomeu Dias set sail from Lisbon, Portugal in August 1487. His fleet had three ships.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bartolomeu Dias was the first to round the southern tip of Africa. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail all the way to India. Because of these sailors, Portugal was able to set up trading posts, which let them take over trade in the East.