Bartolomeu Dias
Da Gama
The first European to reach India by sea in 1498 was Dom Vasco da Gama. This discovery paved the way for a Portuguese colonial empire in Asia.
Bartolomeu Dias
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.
Portugal
it was Portugal
India. The question is a little misleading, I somehow doubt that da Gama was the first European explorer to visit India others had probably made it overland. However, he was the first European to sail to India by the way of Cape Horn.
Alexander 327 C.E.
Marco Polo, he was from Croatia
Bartolomeu Dias
Da Gama
I think Magellans Expedition.
The first European to reach India by sea in 1498 was Dom Vasco da Gama. This discovery paved the way for a Portuguese colonial empire in Asia.
The early leader in European-Asian trade was the country of Portugal. They were the first to reach India, Indonesia and China and bring home their riches.
Vasco de Gama was the first European to reach India by sea. The first European to cross India by land was probably part of the British East India Trading Company. However, his or her name has been lost.
Vasco da gama