1. Vasco de Gama by John Ortega 1460 -1524 Born in portugal voyage was sponsored by portugal

2. Click to add text Vasco De Gama went on an expedition in 1497.The purpose of his journey was to find a trail route to Asia.He was the first European to reach India by sea.Vasco De Gama made a important discovery because he was the first commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. Click to add text

3. The voyage of Vasco De Gama was succesfull because he was one of the commanders of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India after he did that he was the most succesfull exploer of age of discovery. Other Intresting Information Vasco De Gama discovered was a sigment and opened the way for a age of global imperialism and for the portugees to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. the route meant that the portugees would not need to cross the highly disputed mediterr and the dangerous Arabian peninsula and that the whole voyage would be made by sea the sunt of the distance covered in the outward and return the voyage made this expedition the longest ocean voyage ever made until then for the longer than a full voyage around the world by the equator.