Which is an accurate description of Vasco da Gama?
a. was the first European to see the Americas
b. sailed around Africa and reached India
c. claimed parts of South America for Portugal
d. named the tip of Africa the "Cape of Good Hope"
Vaso da Gama "b. sailed around Africa and reached India" and he was the first person to do so, which and incredibly implications for the trade that took place between the two continents.