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how did the lateen sail help the european explorers
He was the first European to sail the Mississippi River.
Hernándo de Magallanes.
Vasco da Gama.The expedition left from Lisbon, went to the Cape Verde Islands, Mozabmbique, Mobasa, Malindi, and from there to Calicut, India. The journey was from 1497 to 1499.
He was looking for a route to India, he went around the southern tip of Africa. I don't believe he made it , the crew came down with scurvy