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Batolomeu Diaz, a Portuguese noblemen and the sailing master of the Naval Ship Sao Cristovao was the first European to circumnavigate the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Before a voyage to Asia was possible they had to know that it was possible to go around Africa.

Vasco da Gama then became the first European to complete a sea trip from Europe to Asia (India) 10 years later

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