2. State True or False: sea route to India in 1498. () 1. Vasco da Gama, an English explorer who had discovered 2. The fine qualities of cotton ad silk produced in India had a big market in Europe. () 3. The Battle of Buxar was fought in 1764. () 4. Mysore controlled the profitable trade of the Malabar Coast where the Company purchased cotton and silk.() 5. In 1785 Tipu Sultan stopped the export of Sandal wood, pepper and cardamom. () 3. Fill in the blanks:______ was the last powerful Mughal ruler. By the second half of 18th Century, new political power came to India __;;;;;was a Portuguese explorer who had discovered sea route to India in A royal order granting the company the right to trade duty free is called The battle of Plassey was foughrt between In battle of Plassey, the Bengal forces was led by Battle of Buxar was fought in Tippu sultan was called as year between company and and in 1757.
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Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama
Ignoto portoghese, ritratto di un cavaliere dell'ordine di cristo, 1525-50 ca. 02.jpg
Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office
5 September 1524 – 24 December 1524
Monarch John III of Portugal
Preceded by Duarte de Menezes
Succeeded by Henrique de Menezes
Personal details
Born 1460 or 1469
Sines, Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal
Died 24 December 1524
(aged approximately 55–65)
Cochin, Portuguese India
Resting place Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse(s) Catarina de Ataíde
Children Francisco da Gama, 2nd Count of Vidigueira
Estêvão da Gama, Governor of India
Cristóvão da Gama, Captain of Malacca
Among others
Mother Isabel Sodré
Father Estêvão da Gama
Occupation Explorer, Viceroy of India
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Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (UK: /ˌ– 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient. This is widely considered a milestone in world history, as it marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of global multiculturalism.[3] Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India opened the way for an age of global imperialism and enabled the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia. The violence and hostage taking employed by da Gama and those who followed also assigned a brutal reputation to the Portuguese among India's indigenous kingdoms that would set the pattern for western colonialism in the Age of Exploration.[4] Traveling the ocean route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula. The sum of the distances covered in the outward and return voyages made this expedition the longest ocean voyage ever made until then, far longer than a full voyage around the world by way of the Equator.[5]
After decades of sailors trying to reach the Indies, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, da Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along northern and coastal West Africa. The main spices at first obtained from Southeast Asia were pepper and cinnamon, but soon included other products, all new to Europe. Portugal maintained a commercial monopoly of these commodities for several decades. It was not until a century later that other European powers, first the Dutch Republic and England, later France and Denmark, were able to challenge Portugal's monopoly and naval supremacy in the Cape Route.
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