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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 Ð¼Ð¾Ñ€Ñ - (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.
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Where did Scythians live?
Around the black sea. Scythians were some sort of steppe people encounters by the Romans. The people the Romans designated as wcythians were probably just one small tribe of the multitude of indo-european peoples living in the black sea, caspian sea, and central Asian regions.
The earliest European slave traders were from what country?
That was the Portuguese. Portugal is noted as the first modern European country to have large numbers of black slaves. As one of the major sea powers of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, Portugal also shipped and sold large numbers of African slaves to other parts of the world. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Portugal enslaved captured Muslims as Christians engaged in the Reconquista.
Who were Poseidon's helpers?
the nerieds, daughters of nereus, the first sea god.
Where was the first important Mediterranean civilization?
The first important civilization in the Mediterranean Sea was the Minoan, centered at Knossos, on the island of Crete. Hope this helped! :D
Why does Odysseus not stop up his ears for sirens and what did he hear?
Because he wants to hear the Siren's song, which is supposed to be so beautiful, it makes sailors jump into the sea to reach them. He has himself lashed to the mast so he can't jump in the water.
First european to reach india by sea in 1498?
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.
Who was the first European to reach India by a sea ruote around aferica in 1498?
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Who was the first european to travel the leingth of india?
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.
First European to sail to India starting with d?
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.
Where did explorer Vasco Da Gama successfully reach?
India - by sea by going south of Africa (the first European to do it).
Who were the first foreigners to reach India by Sea?
Ethiopians
Da gama became what of India?
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.
Who was born in the 1460's in Sines Portugal and sailed to India and Calicut on May 20 1498?
Vasco da Gama was born in 1460 in Sines, Alentejo, Portugal. He was the first European to reach India by sea.
How long was de gama voyage?
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.
Was Vasco De Gama the first European to travel to India by sea?
yes he was
Who was the first European power to discover the sea route to India?
Vasco-da-gama
What is the last name of vasco?
The last name of Vasco is typically referred to as "da Gama," as in Vasco da Gama, the famous Portuguese explorer. He is best known for his voyages to India and for being the first European to reach India by sea from the Atlantic.
