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THE SEA-ROUTE TO INDIA & VASCO DA GAMA ... In 1481 he charged Diogo d'Azambuja with forming the first permanent settlement in Africa. To mark the philosophical change in Portugal's voyages from trade missions to settlement, a series of granite pillars ... Vasco da Gama navigates the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to reach Asia...
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Around 1000 Leif Ericson Norse First European to reach North American Mainland ... 1487-1488 Bartholomeu Dias Portuguese First European to round the Cape of Good Hope ... 1498 Vasco Da Gama Portuguese First to travel to West Indies around Africa...
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Vasco da Gama gained everlasting fame as the first European explorer to reach India. He lived in an exciting time of exploration and fulfilled the promise begun by several of his predecessors. ... Satisfied that he had it, da Gama left for home on October 5. He didn't exactly set any sea speed records on the way home,
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www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/vasc...
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Vasco da Gama, the first European to reach India by sea, landed here at Calicut. His arrival heralded the period of Portuguese supremacy in India. ...
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Cabral, Pedro Alvares Portuguese Reached Brazilian coast; sailed around Africa to India. 1500-1501 ... Da Gama, Vasco Portuguese First European to reach India by sea. 1498 ... Dias, Bartolomeu Portuguese First European to round the Cape of Good Hope. 1487-1488...
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www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/explore...
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The place is historically famous as the Portuguese led by Vasco da Gama first landed in India, at Kappad near Kozhikode in 1498 AD. He was the first European to reach India via the sea route, around the southern cape of Africa.
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www.rrindia.com/kerala/calicutinfo.html
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Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada ... Canada's Digital Collections ... Les Collections numérisées du Canada...
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collections.ic.gc.ca/stlauren/hist/hi_euroexp.htm
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Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut (Kappad - 16 KM from the city) in 1498, becoming the first European to reach India by the sea route around the southern cape of Africa.
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www.nethrs.com/Kerala-homestay-packages.php
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Its exorbitant price during the Middle Ages—and the monopoly on the trade held by Italy—was one of the inducements which led the Portuguese to seek a sea route to India. In 1498, Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach India by sea;
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