Cape Route
The Cape Route, the route around Africa, the Carreira da Índia or the European-Asian sea route, used to be among the world's most important routes of commerce. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama is generally credited as the first to complete it in 1498.
UnderstandScholars of ancient and medieval Europe disagreed whether the Atlantic and Indian Ocean were connected.
The routeLeaving Europe at south-west Portugal, south-west Spain or Gibraltar, sailors will hit the Canary current southward along the African coast.
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