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Was Vasco da Gama was the first to sail to the southern tip of Africa?
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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. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
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Who was the explorer who was first to circumnavigate to Africa to reach India?
Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail around Africa and across the Indian ocean to India. He was a Portuguese.
Captain Vasco da Gama sailed all the way around what continent?
Captain Vasco Da Gama sailed all the way around the continent of Africa.
What Portuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of Calicut in 1498?
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.
Who was 1st to sail from Portugal around Africa to India?
Vasco Da Gama
The first man to sail around Africa and reach India was?
Vasco da Gama
Who was the explorer who was first to circumnavigate to Africa to reach India?
Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail around Africa and across the Indian ocean to India. He was a Portuguese.
Captain Vasco da Gama sailed all the way around what continent?
Captain Vasco Da Gama sailed all the way around the continent of Africa.
Portuguese explorer who rounded the southern tip of Africa to reach India in 1488?
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.
The first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean was?
Vasco de Gama
What was the year that vasco da gama sailed to the southern tip of Africa?
1498
When did vasco da gama he sailed to southern tip of Africa?
1497-99
Who discovered the southern tip of Africa?
Vasco de Gama was the first documented European to see it, but the people who lived there were the first to "discover" it.
Who opened a route to India by sailing around the southern coast of Africa?
da gama
Who was the first European to sail around the Southern tip of Africa naming it the Cape of Storms?
Vasco da Gama - He was Portuguese
Who rounded the southern tip of Africa and came to India in 1948?
Vasco da Gama
What Portuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of Calicut in 1498?
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.
First man to circumnavigate Africa?
Vasco da Gama
