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Who was the first European to lead an expedition that arrived at India via the rounding of the Cabo de Boa Esperanca (Cape of Good Hope)in 1497?

  1. Vasco da Gama

  2. Vasco Nunez de Balboa

  3. Bartolomeu Dias

  4. Diogo de Sevilha
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Vasco da Gama was the first European to lead an expedition that arrived at India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1497-1498. Following Dias's earlier route around the cape, da Gama reached Calicut, India in 1498, establishing the direct sea route from Europe to Asia that Portugal had sought. This opened the spice trade to Portuguese ships.

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