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How did Vasco da Gama find a sea route directly from Europe to India?

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By going around Asia
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By going around Australia
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By going along the Mediterranean sea
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By going around Africa
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The correct option is D By going around Africa
In 1498, Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, found a sea route directly from Europe to India by going around Africa. After Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the new sea route to India, other countries of Southeast Asia and China came on the trade radar.

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