D: The Portuguese found a trade route through the Indian Ocean to Asia
Explanation:
- The honor of discovery of the voyage to India belonged precisely to Vasco da Gama, who, having departed from Lisbon with four ships on July 18, 1497, sailed the African coast.
- He sailed to the great Swahili shops in Kilwa, Mombasa and Malindi, and with the assistance of an Arab helmsman, Ibn Magid, crossed the Indian Ocean and entered the port of Calicut on 20 (or 27) May 1498.
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