Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly from Europe to India, completing his historic voyage in 1498. He navigated around the Cape of Good Hope, reaching the Indian city of Calicut (Kozhikode) on the southwestern coast. This journey established a sea route that significantly impacted trade and European colonial expansion in Asia.
Alexander the great
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.
Chandragupta
in 1920
The British
At the time Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa and reached India, the Arabs controlled trade between India and Europe.
Alexander the great
Dom Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. He linked for the first time Europe and Asia by ocean route.
it was 9 years sence they sailed
He traveled the Silk Road (map on wiki) into Mongolia where he spent most of his time in Asia. Then he went down into China and sailed to India. From India, he visited Ethiopia or more likely Nubia (as the route must pass through Nubia). Sailed up the Nile and arrived back in Europe.
You may be thinking of Matthew C. Perry, though it was not the first time he sailed to Japan.
the same time as europe
He was born in Portugal and sailed for Portugal so that makes him Portugese.born in Sines, Portugal, around 1460
one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy. He went on a total of 3 trips to asia making Portugal rich and one of the main powers of europe.
Europe
When Europe is on Summer Time, from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October, Azerbaijan is a half hour behind India. When Europe is on Standard Time, Azerbaijan is 1.5 hours behind India. Example: When the time in India is 5:30 PM IST, the time in Azerbaijan is either 4 PM AZT (during Standard Time) or 5 PM AZST (during Summer Time).
Christopher Columbus was exploring because he was certain that he could find a shorter route to India. People of his time would normally sailed south all the way around the land masses of western Europe--past Africa--around the southernmost tip back up north-easterly to India as they believed the Earth was flat.