Tag: voyages and discoveries

On May 20, 1498, sailing for the Portuguese crown, Vasco da Gama reached Calicut, India. Having successfully sailed around the southern tip of Africa, da Gama had pioneered a sea route from Europe to Asia that bypassed the Muslim nations that controlled the overland spice trade.

Christopher Columbus was the first to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in 1472 with three ships and 88 crew members. He reached America on 11th October 1492 after great difficulties. This was the most significant discovery of Columbus and it came to be known as 'The New World.'

Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic ocean in 1472. He did four trips across the Atlantic ocean and discovered America. He was determined to find the sea route form Europe to Asia, but he never could. 

The Cape of Good Hope is a headland on the Atlantic coast side of South Africa. It is known for its spectacular scenery. It was originally named the Cape of Storms by Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1488. It was later renamed, by King John II of Portugal, the Cape of Good Hope because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East.

He was the first to sail across the Atlantic ocean in 1472 with three ships- the Nina, the Santa-Maria and the Pinta with 88 crew members. 

The fleet of  Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama landed Calicut, in 1498. There the King of Calicut, the Samudiri received them with traditional hospitality and a grand procession.

Portuguese were the first to discover a direct sea route to India from Europe via Atlantic Ocean. The voyage was undertaken by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who on May 17, 1498, landed in near Calicut in Kerala.

The first passenger railway operated in Great Britain in 1825 between Stockton and Darlington. It used a steam locomotive built by George Stephenson .

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. He was born in 1460 in the town of Sines in Portugal.