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why were the Vasco do Gama famous?​

Answer 1

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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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Answer 2

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Vasco da Gama, Portuguese Vasco da Gama, 1er conde da Vidigueira, (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin , India) , Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India ( 1497 – 99 , 1502 – 03 , 1524 ) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.