USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, in search of a sea passage to India. After docking at the Cape Verde islands for several days, he made a wide sweep out into the Atlantic Ocean. On Nov 7, after 16 weeks at sea, his small fleet approached the African coast near the Cape.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Da Gama believed it was possible and left Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, with four ships full of criminals and set sail on the Atlantic. After five months on the Atlantic, da Gama and his crew successfully sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean on November 22.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, and reached Calicut on the western coast of India in 1498 CE. He was welcomed by King Zamorin and was allowed to trade. Eventually he was followed by other Europeans.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.