CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Hanno was the only person to have ever done it.
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Hanno lied and Vasco de Gama proved there was no possible way to do it.
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Vasco de Gama circumnavigated Africa before Hanno did.
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Hanno was the first person to do it, even though Vasco de Gama was believed to have been the first.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama gave the solution to this problem, since, at the head of a naval expedition, he first circumnavigated the African continent, arriving in India. Thus, Portugal expanded into the Far East, extending its colonial power.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than the length of the equator.
Detailed explanation-3: -The First Voyage The expedition rounded the southern tip of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope on November 22. They then headed north up the coast of Africa. They stopped at trading ports along the way including Mombasa and Malindi. At Malindi they gained a local navigator who knew the direction to India.