ferdinand magellan led the first expedition to reach asia by sailing west across the pacific ocean.
ferdinand magellan led the first expedition to reach asia by sailing west across the pacific ocean.
who led the first expedition to reach asia by sailing west across the pacific ocean?
ferdinand magellan
explorers of routes from europe towards asia, the indian ocean, and the pacific ocean, include vasco da gama (1460–1524), a navigator who made the first trip from europe to india and back by the cape of good hope, discovering the ocean route to the east; pedro alvares cabral (c. 1467/68–c.1520) who, following the path of gama, claimed brazil and led the first expedition that linked europe, africa, america, and asia; diogo dias, who discovered the eastern coast of madagascar and rounded the corner of africa; explorers such as diogo fernandes pereira and pedro mascarenhas (1470–1555), among others, who discovered and mapped the mascarene islands and other archipelagos.
exploration
in 1470, the florentine astronomer paolo dal pozzo toscanelli suggested to king afonso v of portugal that sailing west across the atlantic would be a quicker way to reach the spice islands, cathay, and cipangu than the route around africa, but afonso rejected his proposal. in 1474, toscanelli sent columbus a map with the notion of a westward route to asia. in the 1480s, the columbus brothers proposed a plan to reach the indies by sailing west across the "ocean sea" (the atlantic). however, this was complicated by the opening of the southeast passage to asia around africa by bartolomeu dias in 1488, when he reached the cape of good hope (modern-day south africa).
christopher columbus