yes he was
the portuguese were the first to trade in India...........
In 1498,portugual was the first European country which reached to India.
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The Suez Canal.
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The Roman Empire created a trade system with India. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Portugal was the first European country to make a settlement in India.
it was Portugal
India. The question is a little misleading, I somehow doubt that da Gama was the first European explorer to visit India others had probably made it overland. However, he was the first European to sail to India by the way of Cape Horn.
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.
Alexander 327 C.E.
Vasco da Gama