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Portuguese navigators first reached east Asia by sailing around the southern tip of which continent?
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Portuguese navigators first reached East Asia by sailing around the southern tip of which continet?
Africa
What Portuguese reached Asia by sailing around continent?
They actually did reach Asia by going around Africa.
Portuguese explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488 naming it the cape of storms?
Bartholomew Diaz
What portuguese explorer reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488 naming it the cape of storms?
Bartholomew Diaz
What were Captain James Cook's secret orders from King George 111?
The secret orders James Cook opened after completing his observations of the transit of Venus were to sail south and west from Tahiti until he reached Terra Australis Incognita -"The Unknown Southern Land" - and to map it, record observations of it and, if he felt it was worthwhile, to claim the land, as long as it was unoccupied before other countries, especially France, reached it first. There was still a belief that New Holland discovered by the Portuguese and Dutch was not the great southern continent, and that another, greater continent lay in the southern hemisphere. Cook's orders were to find out as much as he could about this land.
Portuguese explorer who rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of calicut in 1948?
Vasco da Gama
Who was a portuguese explorer who rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of Calicut in 1498?
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer who rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached thin Indian portr of calicut in 1489?
Vasco da Gama
Reached the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Why was Captain Cook ordered to find the great southern land?
After observing the transit of Venus, James Cook had orders to head south and west and secretly search for the unknown Great Southern Continent, or Terra Australis Incognitabefore other countries, especially France, reached it first. There was still a belief that New Holland discovered by the Portuguese and Dutch was not the great southern continent, and that another, greater continent lay in the southern hemisphere. Cook's orders were to find out as much as he could about this land.One of the reasons was basically for exploitation. Britain wanted to expand its empire, and to use any resources it might find to help develop a trade base in the south Pacific.
What Portuguese reached Asia by sailing around this continent?
They actually did reach Asia by going around Africa.
Who reached the tip of africa?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
