He was trying to establish a trade route.
Yes da gama did sail o the tip of Africa!
Vasco da Gama. Magellan was ten years later.
Africa, which lead to the successful rounding of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488. This discovery paved the way for subsequent expeditions to establish trade routes and colonies in the East Indies.
Vasco Da Gama explored to find a way around Africa to the tip of Inada to trade things.
vasco de gama
1498
Dias found a sea route to Asia by sailing along the coast of West Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope.
1497-99
1498
No.
Vasco da Gama
vasco de gama