WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Europeans desired a direct sea route to Asia, because the land trade routes were expensive and dangerous; they wanted to cut out the middle man, in order to save money and receive more product; and the European countries wanted to exert their own influence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first recorded completion of the route was made in 1498 by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the admiral of the first Portuguese Armadas bound eastwards to make the discovery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus Some explorers believed that the shortest way to Asia was to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vasco da Gama Establishes the First Ocean Trade Route from Europe to India and Asia.