Vasco da Gama
Fernao Gomes was the first major Portuguese explorer to enter Africa in 1471 around what is now Ghana. He was followed shortly by Fernao do Po and Diego Cao who both explored further east into Cameroon. Within 20 years Bartolomeo Dias and Vasco Da Gama explored further south and around the cape of Good Hope.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
The first "European" explorer was Portuguese sailor Bartholomew Diaz reached Cape of Good Hope (1488); and Vasco de Gama was the first to sail around Africa (November 1497) and reach India (May 20 1498).There are stories of Phoenician and even Chinese explorers having rounded the Cape of Good Hope prior to this, but there is little or no physical historical evidence to back any of the claims.Bartholmeu DiasBartolomeu Diaz in 1488, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope, which he originally named the Cape of Storms.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
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Vasco da Gama was actually a Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497. He was born somewhere between 1460 to 1469 and died in 1524.
.Da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on November 7, 1497 and rounded it on November 22, 1497. Vasco da Gama led an expedition of four ships sent by the Portuguese to sail, for the first time, all the way from Portugal around Africa and then across the Indian Ocean, in order to reach India, source of many valuable spices. The expedition left Lisbon on July 8, 1497. They reached the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, on November 22, 1497. The expedition then sailed northwards partway up the coast of Africa before turning east across Indian Ocean. They crossed the Indian Ocean in 23 days, and reached Calcutta, India on May 20, 1498.
De Soto led an expedition as an explorer and then went to Mexico.
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at AfricaÕs southern tip in 1497. He also found a route from the West to the East and landed in India in 1498.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
The Caravel was a Portuguese ship used for exploration along the West African coast. This enabled the Portuguese to colonize the African coasts, discover a route to India and to engage in slave trade. The Portuguese captured the African and sold them into slavery. Portuguese occupation led to the destruction of coastal African societies.