Who was the first Portuguese to arrive in India
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explorer Vasco de Gama
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Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before reaching India on May 20, 1498.
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Pᴏʀᴛᴜɢᴜᴇsᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇʀ Vᴀsᴄᴏ ᴅᴇ Gᴀᴍᴀ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ Eᴜʀᴏᴘᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ Iɴᴅɪᴀ ᴠɪᴀ ᴛʜᴇ Aᴛʟᴀɴᴛɪᴄ Oᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇs ᴀᴛ Cᴀʟɪᴄᴜᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ Mᴀʟᴀʙᴀʀ Cᴏᴀsᴛ. Dᴀ Gᴀᴍᴀ sᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ Lɪsʙᴏɴ, Pᴏʀᴛᴜɢᴀʟ, ɪɴ Jᴜʟʏ 1497, ʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀᴘᴇ ᴏғ Gᴏᴏᴅ Hᴏᴘᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴄʜᴏʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ Mᴀʟɪɴᴅɪ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛ ᴄᴏᴀsᴛ ᴏғ Aғʀɪᴄᴀ.
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