Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa, a major expedition in the Age of Exploration
=== === Vasco da Gama was the first European explorer to sail directly from Portugal to India reaching Calicut (modern day Kozhikode) on May 20, 1498. Ferdinand Magellan was the European explorer who led the first successful circumnavigation, or to travel completely around, of the earth. Although he was killed in the Philippines during the Battle of Mactan, his fleet continued the journey back to Spain and returned in 1525.
Calicut, May, 20th, 1498
The first "European" explorer was Portuguese sailor Bartholomew Diaz reached Cape of Good Hope (1488); and Vasco de Gama was the first to sail around Africa (November 1497) and reach India (May 20 1498).There are stories of Phoenician and even Chinese explorers having rounded the Cape of Good Hope prior to this, but there is little or no physical historical evidence to back any of the claims.Bartholmeu DiasBartolomeu Diaz in 1488, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope, which he originally named the Cape of Storms.
Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail around Africa and across the Indian ocean to India. He was a Portuguese.
Vasco da Gama
south africa
the Euripean was Vasco Da Gama in 1488.
India - by sea by going south of Africa (the first European to do it).
Vasco da Gama reached India on May 20, 1498, becoming the first to sail there around Africa.
did vasco da gama discover what they wanted to discover
yes he did in 1498
Vasco didn't even go to Asia, he went to India
its vasco di gama Vasco de Gama on 20 May 1498
Vasco da Gama was a Portugese explorer. Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India with an all water route. He first reached the Cape of Good hope (the tip of Africa) The sailors on board did not want to continue so he headed back. After that he went all the way to India.
He never did reach it. He was only in north/South America.