Which best describes Vasco da Gama?

A.
was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa

B.
led a fleet of 17 ships to China

C.

succeeded on his mission to find an eastward sea route to the Indies

D.
was the first European to round the Cape of Storms

Question

Which best describes Vasco da Gama?

  A. 
  was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa  

  B. 
  led a fleet of 17 ships to China  

  C. 
 
succeeded on his mission to find an eastward sea route to the Indies
 

  D. 
  was the first European to round the Cape of Storms

anonymous · Answer

C

anonymous · Answer

Which Portuguese nobleman led a fleet of 13 ships on a voyage to India but first sailed west to use the winds?  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  Vasco de Gama   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  Prince Henry the Navigator   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  Bartolomeu Dias   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  Pedro Cabral