The Portuguese explorer first to arrive in Calicut was Vasco da Gama, in 1498.
The Portuguese were the first European country to arrive in Bengal, establishing trade relations in the early 16th century. They set up trading posts and engaged in commerce, particularly in spices and textiles, which attracted other European powers to the region. Their presence marked the beginning of European colonial interest in Bengal and the broader Indian subcontinent.
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The Portuguese started trading Black Africans first and the Spaniards were the first to use them in their colonies in the Americas, down the line others started to use black slaves as well such as the English Dutch and French!So basically the Portuguese and the Spaniards were the culprits.
The first explorers from Portugal arrived in Calicut, Kerala in India in 1498 led by the explorer Vasco da Gama in search for new trade routes and the famed Indian spices. It was the first time that someone traveled from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. The trip was authorized by the Portuguese Crown in search for more resources and to consolidate their hold on the Indian ocean trade network.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to reach Asia by ship. He was a Portuguese explorer who lived from 1480 to 1521 CE.
In Calicut, today called Kozhikode, on the south-west coast of India.
Alexander the Great was the first European invader on Indian soil.
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The Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral was the first European to voyage to Brazil in 1500.
The first European to reach the Indian ocean was Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama
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he was Portuguese i believe
He was the first Portuguese explorer to reach india.
The answer before said yesss. Let me clarify that Francisco Pizarro was the explorer who brought down the Inca empire. I get confused between Bartholomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama, but your question helps. In 1498, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa.