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

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Vasko da gama linked Europe and Asia with sea root, founder a sea root to visit India

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1. Vasco Da Gama

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MICHAEL KOREN eNotes educator | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR

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. He rounded the Cape of Good Hope and headed along the eastern coast of Africa stopping in Mozambique, Mombasa, and Malindi before crossing the Indian Ocean and landing in India in 1498. When he returned to Portugal, he was viewed as a hero.

Vasco Da Gama had another voyage to India in 1502 in which he reached an agreement by using force with the ruler of Calicut and attacked Arab shipping interests. He also served as an advisor to the Portuguese government on matters dealing with India. He went to India again in 1524 to deal with corruption that existed in the Portuguese government in India. He got sick and died in December 1524.

2. Marco Polo

Marco Polo , Venetian, Italian 1254 – January 8–9, 1324) was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the Marvels of the World and Il Milione, c. 1300), a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China in the Yuan Dynasty, giving their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian cities and countries.

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