Vasco da Gama.
The expedition left from Lisbon, went to the Cape Verde Islands, Mozabmbique, Mobasa, Malindi, and from there to Calicut, India. The journey was from 1497 to 1499.
cortes
No, it was Portugal.
No, it was Portugal.
Vasco da Gama was credited to be the first navigator to find a sail directly from Europe to India. So to be specific he was the first person to find the route from Europe, down below Africa, to Asia. He was also the first European to sail through the Cape of Good Hope from Portugal (Europe) to India (Asia).So no mater where he went he was always noticed.
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe because he wanted to find a faster route to Asia.
Samuel de champain
To find a shorter route to Asia From Europe
a new trade route to Asia
was the leader of the first European expedition that attempted to find a new trade route to Asia bi sailing West from Europe.
Vasco da Gama is famous for discovering a route from Europe to India, the first to connect Europe to Asia.
Northwest Passage
To find a new trade route to Asia