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∙ 2012-09-10 21:43:37Suck it
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∙ 2012-09-10 21:43:37Vasco da Gama sailed to the Cape at the southern end of Africa and then up the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. His destination was Goa and Calicut in India.
Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa.
1498
Ferdinand Magellen
Vasco-da-gama from Portugal was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa.
Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias
none of you bidniss.
Prince Henry the navigator
Vasco da gama
the Euripean was Vasco Da Gama in 1488.
he wasnt seeking new lands, he was searching for a rout to India that didnt take him around Africa (sailing around Africa was very dangerous)