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Describe the achievements of Vasco da Gama and Marco Polo.​

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Answered by MizzPunjaban
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Vasco da Gama was a successful Portuguese explorer. His most significant accomplishment was sailing from Portugal to India in 1497. The Portuguese were looking for a water route to India. He left Portugal in 1497 and sailed south along the western coast of Africa.

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During his time on the silk road, he traded and collected jewels, silk, and ivory. He also spread China's creativity in the use of coal, money, and compasses. On his return to Europe, Marco brought back information and goods about China. It helped Europeans find out more about the eastern country.

Answered by Banjeet1141
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The achievements of Vasco da Gama and Marco Polo-

  • Vasco da Gama was an accomplished Portuguese explorer.
  • His most notable achievement was sailing from Portugal to India in 1497.
  • The Portuguese were looking for a sea passage to India.
  • In 1497, he left Portugal and sailed south along Africa's western coast.
  • Vasco da Gama is most known as the first person to sail from Europe to India via circumnavigating Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
  • Da Gama landed and traded in locations around the coast of southern Africa over the course of two trips, beginning in 1497 and 1502, before arriving in India on May 20, 1498.

Marco polo achievements

  • Marco Polo is best known as a world traveller and pioneer in expanding trade routes in Asia, including what is now known as the Silk Road.
  • Although Marco Polo was not the first European to arrive in China, he was the first to provide a thorough account of his journey.
  • Rustichello wrote about Marco's journeys and explorations in the book, "The Book of Travels," from which many Europeans learnt about China, its currency, and what it used items for;
  • this book also sparked interest in the Orient (East).
  • Marco Polo also brought back from China ivory, diamonds, jade, porcelain, and silk. He was also a servant of the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan.
  • Marco Polo's journeys and adventures, which were recorded and written about in "The Book of Travels," influenced the Renaissance worldview by stimulating curiosity and trade in the Orient (East), teaching Europeans about China and how they used resources. That is how he affected the Renaissance perspective.

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