Vasco de Gama
· Born in Circa 1469 and lived to 1524
· Vasco was a Portuguese navigator
· He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India by sea.
· The route meant that the Portuguese wouldn't need to cross the highly disputed Mediterranean nor the dangerous Arabia, and that the whole voyage would be made by sea.
· Vasco was a Portuguese navigator
· He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India by sea.
· The route meant that the Portuguese wouldn't need to cross the highly disputed Mediterranean nor the dangerous Arabia, and that the whole voyage would be made by sea.