This trade also expanded with its products and continued to function for centuries. Pepper and cinnamon were traded the most. The then Portuguese Empire developed a spice trade on the Asian continent. Even longer than traveling around the world. This journey of his, including sailing to India and back, is one of the longest expeditions of that time. So the Portuguese never had to sail across the Mediterranean, next to the then dangerous Arabian Peninsula. As da Gama discovered the sea route to India, he enabled his Portuguese to colonize a significant part of Asia. Vasco da Gama was the first seafarer to reach India from Europe by sea, thus proving his claim that Africa could be sailed. Almost every corner of Lisbon is dedicated to him, to some of his discoveries and travels. Before Vasco da Gama, his father was offered to go on an expedition to India, but in the meantime he passed away and thus left it to his son to complete the mission. He was born in Portugal, to father Estevo da Gama who was a nobleman. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and navigator from the 15th century.
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