'The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope, in the Atlantic Ocean.'How did this mark the beginning of European Era?
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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 It was undertaken under the command of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama during the reign of King Manuel I in 1497 -1499.
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The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope, in the Atlantic Ocean. It was undertaken under the command of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama during the reign of King Manuel I in 1495–1499. Considered to be one of the most remarkable voyages of the Age of Discovery, it consolidated the Portuguese maritime presence over Kerala and the Bengal Sultanate and that country's dominance of global trade routes.
Vasco da gama was the first Portuguese sailor to discover the sea route between india and the West. he arrived india in 1498 in calicut in Kerala. Vasco Da Gama was the first portuguese sailor to discover between India and the west.
They were keen to find a find a direct sea route to India because they can easily transport spices ,muslin(a thin cotton cloth)and other spice goods from India.