Who were the first Europeans to reach India by sea routes for trade?
Indian trade links with Europe started in through sea route only after the arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut (Kozhikode also known as Calicut, is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the third largest city in Kerala and the headquarters of Kozhikode district.), India on May 20, 1498. The Portuguese had traded in Goa as early as 1510 and later founded three other colonies on the west coast in Diu, Bassein, and Mangalore.
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Ian Swindale
There is a monument to Vasco da Gama on Cape Point in South Africa
Carroll Price
Spain and England learned from Portugal what they later learned about establishing colonies in foreign lands.
Pat Wells
Not sure what other options they had to get to India other than by sea.
Ilias Tsiabardas
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Chris Braid
Showing Goa on the map gave me that one!
John Clarke
First EUROPEAN slave traders.
ninakamwene
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Howard Groopman
Somehow I knew this.
Weaver Cynthia
Very interesting Q & A.
Les Griffin
Good stuff knewer
Janette Will
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Rob Farr
Good history trivia question and explanation.