കെ.കെ.കെ.വി.എം.എച്ച്.എസ്സ്,പൊത്തപ്പള്ളി./അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA
THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA
The voyage ton India was a dream come true for Vasco da Gama. Gama made history as the first man to open the sea route to India. Bartolomeu dias had discovered a sea route round Africa into the Indian Ocean, and Vasco da Gama seized tha opportunity with both hands. Gama set sail from Lisbon in July 1497. he sailed south into the Atlantic,giving a wide beth to the rogue winds and tides along the African coast. Gama crossed the cape of Hope into the Indian Ocean. On 20th may 1498, Vasco da Gama made his historic landfall at kappad, in southern India.
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