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How long did it take the portuguese to reach India and China by the all water route?
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it took until 1498
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In which direction did portuguese first sail to reach India?
A water route
Who opened Portuguese trade routes to India?
The Portuguese nobleman and explorer, Vasco de Gama is responsible of opening the trade route between Europe and India. He reached India for the first time in 1497.
In their voyages along the west coast of Africa the Portuguese were initially in search of?
Although motivated by the search for gold, spices, and slaves, the Portuguese initially were in search of a sea route to India.
What geographic feature served as a barrier that protected china and was used as an invasion route by the Aryans into ancient India?
It is the Himalayan Mountain Range that forms a natural barrier between China and India.
The name of the famous route that spice and silk traders once took from Eastern Europe to India and China was what?
The Silk Road
In which direction did portuguese first sail to reach India?
A water route
What was the route around India and China that the a Portuguese controlled called?
Strait of Hormuz
Where did the portuguese trade route lead?
India
The first europeans to reach china were the Portuguese. true of false?
True. *The Portuguese were the first to reach China (soon after 1500) by following the route of the Arab merchants from India to the southern ports. The early Portuguese traders, who were half-pirate, fortified their trading stations and treated the Chinese as if they were a conquered people. They made so much trouble that the Chinese government drove them out. Later, in 1557, they were allowed to lease a strip of the seacoast at Macao, which they were able to hold permanently * TheGraceAcademy.org
Why were the westerners forced to find another route to reach India and China?
The Europeans wanted to avoid the Muslims of the Middle East
Who was the first explorer to reach India?
Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) was the first to reach India with the direct route from Europe to India. His expedition from Europe to India and back was almost a two year voyage.
How did Portuguese sailors reach Asia?
what different routes did Portugal and Spain take when trying to find a way to reach Asia during the age of exploration
Basco de gama?
Dom Vasco da Gama is a famous Portuguese explorer. He discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the east and was the first European to reach India.
This Portuguese explorer is credited with discovering the route to India?
da Gama
What western route was Jacques Cartier trying to reach?
he was trying to reach china
What Portuguese explorer was credited with discovering the route to India?
The Portuguese discovered the sea route to, and from, India. For Bartolomeu Dias [c. 1450-May 29, 1500] proved by his expedition of 1487-1488 that it was possible to sail down and around Africa, into the Indian Ocean, and on to India. Previously, trade with India had been by the overland route. And that route was controlled by Muslim middlemen.
What are facts on Zheng He?
He discovered a route from China to India.
