What was the name of the Indian city where Vasco da Gama first landed?
Mumbai
Goa
Calicut
Chennai
Answer
Vasco da Gama first landed in the Indian city of Calicut on May 20, 1498. This historic event marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of global multiculturalism and allowed the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire along the way from Africa to Asia.
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