When political changes blocked overland caravan routes, Vasco da Gama spent two years on a 24,000 - mile [39,000 km] round - trip voyage that took him from Portugal around the tip of Africa to India and back.
लेकिन उसकी यात्रा की सफलता ने यूरोपीय राष्ट्रों को संघर्ष में डाल दिया ।