Download or read book Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India written by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Portuguese navigator's initial voyage to India in 1497-1499 opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. This changed the world's balance of power and helped make his home country one of the richest and pow