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Who was the first European to reach India by sailing around africa

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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who followed in the footsteps of Dias and became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and all the way to India.

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Vasco Da Gama

He sailed in 1497 to 1502, he landed in India on May 20, 1498

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