Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition sailing west from Europe to Asia, and the first to cross the Pacific. It also completed the first circumnavigation of the earth.
The first to circumnavigate the globe, which Drake also did, was the Magellan expedition.
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∙ 9y agoChristopher Columbus was the first explorer to attempt to reach Asia by sailing west from Spain. Columbus set out to reach the East Indies, but instead landed in the Americas.
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∙ 9y agoFerdinand Magellan made it possible to reach Asia by ship. He was the first explorer to successfully plan a journey to Asia and succeed in his journey.
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∙ 13y agoChristopher Columbus
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∙ 16y agoVasco da Gama
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∙ 14y agoIt was Christoper Coulumbus
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He started in Spain. He was the first European to find the Pacific Ocean.
A shorter sea route to Asia...
The mission of Christopher Columbus was to find a shorter route to Asia. He, then can be said to be the leader in this quest.
how did trade affect european navigation they affect because Asia affect
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Discovered the west indies.
a land route to Asia
to find a western trade route to Asia
King Francis I of France sent him to look for a sea route west to Asia.
Vasco da Gama was the first to discover the route to Asia in 1497.
many european explorers tried to find a trade route 2 asia, but many of them, well most of them never found it
He discovered the Western Route to Asia, a water route to Asia instead of the silk road.
It was France.
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Carrying cargo by ship was faster, easier, cheaper and less dangerous than carrying it by land.
There are many reasons for that decision taken by the traders. 1. In general transporting will be cheap if you take the route via sea than the land. (Ref: An inquiry into the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith) 2. before European traders discovered the sea route to Asia, they use to take the land route, which passes via the middle east. And when once the sea routes were discovered the costs of many imported goods fell to one third of its value. So the European traders started to travel to Asia by the sea.
to find a trade route to Asia