EXPLORATION OF SEA ROUTES
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The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. ... Portuguese were after spices, but they were very expensive because it was an inconvenience to trade. For example, it was dangerous and time consuming to travel by land from Europe to India.
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The discovery of the sea route to India is the description sometimes used in Europe and among the Portuguese for the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Atlantic Ocean.[citation needed]It was undertaken under the command of Portuguese explorerVasco da Gama during the reign of King Manuel I in 1497 -1499. Considered by Europe to be one of the most remarkable voyages of theAge of Discovery, it consolidated the Portuguese maritime presence over the Indian Ocean and that country's dominance of global trade routes.
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