CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Christopher Columbus
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Marco Polo
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Vasco da Gama
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Detailed explanation-1: -Da Gama was the first European to reach the lucrative trade centers of India by sea. Da Gama’s sea route to India allowed Portugal to establish a rich trade with India and southeast Asia. Thus, Portugal was able to expand its empire to include many provinces in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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.