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he made a direct route from Europe to India
Ferdinand Magellan tried to circle the globe but died along the way. Other explorers established the trade route.
Vasco da Gama is one of the most popular Portuguese explorers. He discovered a trade route from Portugal to India.
Early European explorers were looking for an easier route to Asia and India. Believing the Earth was round, they thought they could travel west to get there. When they came to land, thinking they found India, they referred to the natives as Indians not realizing it was a different continent.
The route European explorers looked for was a sea route, as the overland route across Asia was cut off by the Ottoman Empire. The first to discover this route was Vasco de Gama, who went through the perilous Cape of Good Hope and ended up in Calicut, India.
he made a direct route from Europe to India
Ferdinand Magellan tried to circle the globe but died along the way. Other explorers established the trade route.
to find a short route to china and India but by accident they landed in Canada no doi
a more direct route to India and Idonesia
Vasco da Gama is one of the most popular Portuguese explorers. He discovered a trade route from Portugal to India.
Early European explorers were looking for an easier route to Asia and India. Believing the Earth was round, they thought they could travel west to get there. When they came to land, thinking they found India, they referred to the natives as Indians not realizing it was a different continent.
They were seeking a faster, cheaper, safer, more reliable way to bring goods back from India and the Far East.
The answer may be subject to debate, but Portugal sent explorers who were sponsored by the government, commanded by Vasco da Gamma to sail around Africa and extablish a sea route to India. The Portuguese also discovered Madiera, the Azores, and the Canary Islands, but these explorations may have been inadvertant.
It was Vasco Da Gama who reached India for the first time from the Indian Ocean in the fifteenth century. He established the sea route to one of Asia's richest country at that point of time.
The route European explorers looked for was a sea route, as the overland route across Asia was cut off by the Ottoman Empire. The first to discover this route was Vasco de Gama, who went through the perilous Cape of Good Hope and ended up in Calicut, India.
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Strait of Hormuz