Who was the first explorer to discover a sea route to India?
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Although Christopher Columbus was searching for a passage to India, it was the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Garma who actually found it. After he sailed around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, he found that India was indeed accessible to Europeans, who valued Indian spices like gold at the time.
Who was the first explorer to discover a sea route to India?
- Vasco de Garma
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Christopher Columbus
- Amerigo Vespucci
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