Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea?

baymax, why are you talking about the Italians? Vasco da Gama was Portuguese which is nowhere near Italy.

The route went around Africa, which was pretty long. But it circinvented the monopoly on trade routes via the Mediterranean that Arab and Venetian merchants had.

baymax, How is it relevant? Also, it is not about "adventurous" (you probably should have studied History)

it's Taj Mahal