Prince Henry the navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Yes, they were European explorers who were the first to round the Cape of Good Hope. Dias did first, but then his crew forced him to return. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa.
Traveling by land from Europe to China entailed avoiding robbers and soldiers from possible unfriendly nations. Sea travel was possible by sailing around the southern tip of Africa and then finding silk trading ports in India and China. For this reason a sailing route traveling west from Europe was a hope to find a better way to reach Asia.
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
1498
garnali mensis
Suck it
none of you bidniss.
Prince Henry the navigator
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.
Christopher Columbus established South Africa. One day while he was sailing to India for spices he came across the continent Africa.
da gama
Bartolomeu Dias
His discovery of the ability to sail around the southern tip of Africa to engage in trade with India (and Asia) cut the middlemen out of the overland routes.
Vasco de Gama, of Portugal, reached India on May 20, 1498, by sailing around Africa.