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He is credited with linking Europe and Asia by an ocean route that connected the Atlantic and Indian Oceans by going around the southern tip of Africa known as the Cape of Good Hope. 1460s – 1524) was a Portuguese explorer and became the first European sailor to reach India by sea. Download the Vasco da Gama Facts & Worksheets.