Who discovered first of all a direct route to India in 1498 ?

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A. John Watts
B. Jorge White
C. Vasco da Gama
D. John Mildenhall

Explanation:

Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before reaching India on May 20, 1498.