8. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who ___.A. discovered the Cape of Good HopeB. discovered the route to India round the Cape of Good HopeC. explored the mouth of the AmazonD. was the first to visit Cuba and Haiti答案...
B、Coastal cities grew up around the most frequently visited ports along these routes and became wealthy centres for the exchange of goods, ideas, languages and beliefs. C、In the late 15th century, the Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, navigated round the Cape of Good Hope. D、The ...
Died May 29, 1500 Cape of Good Hope Nationality Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias born in 1451 and he became a Portuguese nobleman and explorer. He was the sailing master of the man-of-war Saint Christopher from 1487 and 1488. He also led a three-ship expedition that made the first recorded round...
Portuguese galleons that sailed the high seas – courtesy of Baan Kudichin Museum The first to blaze the way was Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese navigator, mariner and explorer. Da Gama set sail from Portugal in 1497, sailed southwards on the Atlantic, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, crossed...
However,China's great explorer,Zheng He (1371-1435),may well have beaten his European counterparts (同行) and sailed around the world first.The life and achievements of the legendary sailor are featured in a TV drama,which is being screened on CCTV 8. ...