who discovered the first sea route to India
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Vasco da Gama
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Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea route to India in the year 1498. On 20th May, 1498, two years after he set his sail from Lisbon, Portugal, Vasco da Gama arrived on the Western sea coast of India at Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. This was the first time when a European had arrived in India via the sea. Hence, Vasco da Gama is credited with the discovery of the sea route to India. Sailing down the western coast of Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, his expedition had a numerous halts in Africa before reaching the trading post of Calicut.
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Vasco da Gama discovered the first sea route to India
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