Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias
Prince Henry the navigator
Vasco de Gama
He was looking for a route to India, he went around the southern tip of Africa. I don't believe he made it , the crew came down with scurvy
Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa.
1498
Vasco-da-gama from Portugal was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa.
Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias
Suck it
none of you bidniss.
Prince Henry the navigator
Vasco da gama
the Euripean was Vasco Da Gama in 1488.
A Portuguese explorer named Vasco Da Gama was the one who opened this sailing route. A link can be found below.
he wasnt seeking new lands, he was searching for a rout to India that didnt take him around Africa (sailing around Africa was very dangerous)