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The first European to reach India by sea in 1498 was Dom Vasco da Gama. This discovery paved the way for a Portuguese colonial empire in Asia.
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India - by sea by going south of Africa (the first European to do it).
Dom Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. He linked for the first time Europe and Asia by ocean route.
Vasco de Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. The first European to cross India by land was probably part of the British East India Trading Company. However, his or her name has been lost.
Columbus was the first man who started the journey to find out sea way to India but reached to west indies.
I assume you mean by sea. Vasco da Gama, after decades of sailors trying to reach India with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, Gama landed in Calicuton the 20 May 1498.
Afanasy Nikitin (from Tver, Russia) was the first European to reach India in 1469. He reached the Bahamani kingdom (about 140 miles south of present day Bombay) and wrote a detailed diary of his travels to and within India titled Хождение за три моря - (Journey across three seas).Vasco De Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. He first approached the Indian coast in May of 1498. He was a Portuguese explorer who eventually died in India in 1524.
Vasco da Gama was born in 1460 in Sines, Alentejo, Portugal. He was the first European to reach India by sea.
Vasco de Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. He left Portugal on July 1497 sailing around Africa and reached India on May 20, 1498.
India's first sea bridge is called the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. It is a cable-stayed bridge that connects Bandra and Worli in Mumbai.
Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach India by sea. He established a trade route between Europe and India, which opened up opportunities for European countries to engage in lucrative trade with India. This ultimately led to the era of European colonization in India.