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What earlier geographers and cartographers led Columbus to believe that the East could be reached by sailing west around the world?
The earlier geographers that told him that were Ptolemy and Paolo Toscanelli.
Which portuguese explorer succeeded in completing the first all water route to India?
Vasco du Gama was the Portuguese explorer who successfully completed the first all-water route to get to India. He traveled around Africa to get to India.
Who was the explorer who went around the world?
Magellan
Which Spanish explorer sailed from Puerto Rico around the coast of Florida?
Hernando de soto
What is important about the year 1492?
That was the year Christopher Columbus found the New World. There had be traffic between the Old World (Europe & Asia) and the New World (North & South America) for centuries. Probably because so much knowledge was lost during the Dark Ages academics of the time believed the world was flat and there was nothing but water between the world they knew and the edge of the world. Columbus believed the world was round and that he could reach what we know as Asia by sailing West. He believed that going West would be much shorter than going all the way around Africa. Consequently, when he reached the Caribbean he thought he had reached Asia. Boy was he wrong! He didn't realize at first that he had re-discovered a continent(s) that had been forgotten for centuries.
Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa?
Vasco-da-gama from Portugal was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa.
Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
What Portuguese reached Asia by sailing around continent?
They actually did reach Asia by going around Africa.
Who was the explorer who sailed around Africa and reached India?
In may20 1498 it was vasco da gama who reached Calicut beach(Kappad) by travelling around Africa
What portuguese explorer was the first to reach india by sailing around africa?
Vasco da gama
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
Da Gama
Which Portuguese explorer achieved the goal of sailing around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
Portuguese navigators first reached east Asia by sailing around the southern tip of which continent?
Africa
Portuguese navigators first reached East Asia by sailing around the southern tip of which continet?
Africa
What Portuguese reached Asia by sailing around this continent?
They actually did reach Asia by going around Africa.
Who was the explorer that first reached the tip of Africa?
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.
What explorer reached India in 1488?
Portuguese explorer BARTOLOMEU DIAS reached in india around 1488.
