Why is it said that Vasco da Gama found India?

Pic: Vasco first meeting with the Calicut ruler, Samudrin] Vasco da Gama ! A Navigator or another Christian pirate. Dr Vivek Arya Vasco da Gama! read more

Vasco da Gama! This name is mentioned in our History books as a great navigator who through daring expedition searched the sea voyage between Europe and India. Vasco broke the Muslim domination on the trade route to Europe from India. This indeed proves importance of our country in those days. read more

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498. Actually, an unnamed Indian navigator he hired in Kenya directed the journey from the east coast of Africa to what is now Kozhikode, India. That arrival is romanticized in this 1880 watercolor. read more

The claim that Vasco da Gama"discovered" India or that Columbus"discovered" America or that Cook"discovered" Australia is historically false for the obvious reason that people were staying in all those"discovered" lands from tens of thousands of years earlier. read more

Vasco da Gama ! A Navigator or another Christian pirate. Dr Vivek Arya. Vasco da Gama! This name is mentioned in our History books as a great navigator who through daring expedition searched the sea voyage between Europe and India. Vasco broke the Muslim domination on the trade route to Europe from India. read more

Da Gama’s sea route to India allowed Portugal to establish a rich trade with India and southeast Asia. Portugal was also able to expand its empire to include provinces from India (centered around the state of Goa, whose largest city is Vasco da Gama) to China (the island of Macau). read more