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Vasco da Gama descovered India
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.
Pedro Escobar was the navigator who helped Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India. The voyage began in 1497.
Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) was the first to reach India with the direct route from Europe to India. His expedition from Europe to India and back was almost a two year voyage.
Vasco da Gama found an all water route to India. He was a Portuguese explorer born around 1460 in Sines, Germany.