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.
In 1498,portugual was the first European country which reached to India.
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 French. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River in 1673.
he was the first explorer to have a written record of his journey
He was the first Portuguese explorer to reach india.
India - by sea by going south of Africa (the first European to do it).
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The explorer Juan Ponce De Leon was the first explorer to reach Florida
The first explorers from Portugal arrived in Calicut, Kerala in India in 1498 led by the explorer Vasco da Gama in search for new trade routes and the famed Indian spices. It was the first time that someone traveled from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. The trip was authorized by the Portuguese Crown in search for more resources and to consolidate their hold on the Indian ocean trade network.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to reach Asia by ship. He was a Portuguese explorer who lived from 1480 to 1521 CE.
Pizarro was the first Spanish explorer to reach Peru and conquer the Inca Empire.
Juan Ponce de Leon was the first European explorer to reach Florida.
Captain Cook
The first explorer to reach James river fall line was Christopher Newport.
Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail around Africa and across the Indian ocean to India. He was a Portuguese.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to reach Asia by ship. He was a Portuguese explorer who lived from 1480 to 1521 CE.