USA HISTORY

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: -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.

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 1497, John’s successor, King Manuel I (crowned in 1495), chose da Gama to lead a Portuguese fleet to India in search of a maritime route from Western Europe to the East.

Detailed explanation-5: -On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, in search of a sea passage to India.