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Option 2 : Vasco-de-Gama
- Vasco-de-Gama was the first European to reach India by sea in 1498.
- He was from Portugal and the search for a sea route became necessary as the Ottomans captured Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and halted trade via land route.
- The fleet of Vasco de Gama reached Kappadu near Kozhikode (Calicut) on the Malabar coast (present-day Kerala state of India).
- At that time the king of Calicut was a Marine (Zamorin).
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