Vasco did not get to close to the coast of Africa, instead his crew made a huge semicircular sweep through the Atlantic Ocean. He made an unusual manevar to reach currents that would help him around the Cape of Good Hope safely. He had help from an Arab pilot who knew the Indian ocean well. With the pilots help, de Gama sailed on to India. He reached the port of Calicut in May 1498 completing their journey to Asia.
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The difference of the Spaniard and Portuguese explorers in reaching Asia was on the route they took. The Spaniard took western course after the Portuguese took first voyage from the east.
They found a trade route to asia?
They used military force.
he made a direct route from Europe to India
Portuguese sailors were trying to find a better, less expensive route to Asia, one of their trading partners, and they were also interested in going to Africa in the hopes of finding more trading partners or more resources, or both.
West Africa was very close to the oceanic route to India.
The advantages was Portuguese ships began making expedition in search of a sea route to Asia. The disadvantages of sailing west from Europe to Asia is they had no maps that showed the world correctly.
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Bartholomeu Dias did not find a trade route through Africa to get to Asia. He did, however, establish a trade route by sailing around the southern tip of Africa to get to Asia.
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Vasco de Gama thank you very much.Vasco de Gama , A Portuguese explorer , made the first voyage from Europe to Asia.