Vasco da Gama
he discovered Africa, Cape of Good Health and India. Trade routes include:*trade route from Europe to India*trade route from Western route to India
He was looking for a passage to India (for the trade route for spices, etc) that would negate the requirement to navigate the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) which was a notoriously difficult passage.
The three key explorers who established the route around the Cape of Good Hope to India were Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Afonso de Albuquerque. Bartolomeu Dias first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, proving that a sea route to India was possible. Vasco da Gama later successfully sailed this route to India in 1498, establishing direct trade links. Afonso de Albuquerque played a crucial role in consolidating Portuguese control over Indian trade routes in the early 16th century.
King John of Portugal renamed the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope. He renamed it that because it's discovery indicated that a sea route to India would soon be found.
He found a trade route to India.
he discovered Africa, Cape of Good Health and India. Trade routes include:*trade route from Europe to India*trade route from Western route to India
Vasco De/Da Gama by way of the Cape of Good Hope
When it was fist discovered by the Portuguese they believed that the Cape had a great deal of potential as a sea route for trade in India and so named it the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to India from Europe through the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco de Gama.
he discovered the route to India over the cape of good hope on the southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama. He discovered the sea route from Portugal to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.
Bartolomeu Dias founded the Cape of Good Hope which is the tip of Africa. But Vasco da Gama went around the cape of good hope and landed in India
Vasco da Gama first discovered the route to India on his voyage during 1497-1499.
yes vasco da gama sailed around the cape of good hope all the way to calicut india. he discovered a sea route to asia.
Good hope
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias is credited with discovering the Cape of Storms (later renamed the Cape of Good Hope) in 1488. He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa during his expedition to find a sea route to India.