SUMMATIVE ASSESMENT - Shubham

EXPLORATION

TASK: choose one explorer and explain about their exploration, journey, discovery and reason of their exploration explain based on timeline for each destination(America, Africa, Asia, Australia and other outer space, jungle, pole ocean, cave, mountain etc)see see the destination to identify world past and changes happened after exploration. Also make a conclusion of how the exploration had led to the changes in society they brought to native land (contribution) and help us in understand the world better. 

VASCO DA GAMA

D. Vasco Da Gama(c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524), 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages, being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. 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.

After decades of sailors trying to reach India with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. Reaching the legendary Indian spice routes unopposed helped the Portuguese Empire improve its economy that, until Gama, was mainly based on trades along the Northern and coastal West Africa. These spices were mostly pepper and cinnamon at first, but soon included other products, all new to Europe which led to a commercial monopoly for several decades.

VASCO DA GAMA voyages

 

His first voyage was from South America to Africa.

His second voyage was from Portugal to Europe.

His third voyage was from Africa to South America.