India
vasco da gama
POrtugal and INdia
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama claimed land for Portugal during his voyages to India in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. His expeditions were instrumental in establishing a sea route to India, which facilitated Portuguese trade and colonial expansion in the region. Gama's arrival in India marked the beginning of a significant Portuguese presence in Asia.
India
vasco da gama
He Explored India & Spice Islands
Fernao Gomes was the first major Portuguese explorer to enter Africa in 1471 around what is now Ghana. He was followed shortly by Fernao do Po and Diego Cao who both explored further east into Cameroon. Within 20 years Bartolomeo Dias and Vasco Da Gama explored further south and around the cape of Good Hope.
POrtugal and INdia
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama claimed land for Portugal during his voyages to India in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. His expeditions were instrumental in establishing a sea route to India, which facilitated Portuguese trade and colonial expansion in the region. Gama's arrival in India marked the beginning of a significant Portuguese presence in Asia.
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.
Vasco de Gama took a while. He couldn't find a proper ocean route. Thus, he went around more land and coasts than he needed to.
Vasco de Gama was the first European explorer to reach Asia by sea. Marco Polo had performed this feat several hundred years before, but he traveled over land.
He was searching for land to place British Colonies (I hope that answers your question)
for new land and riches