Question

Which Portuguese explorer discovered a route to India? Bartolomeu Dias Pedro Alvares Cabral Vasco da Gama

Answer 1

It was "Vasco da Gama" who famously discovered a route to India, since this had been a goal of many European explorers for quite some time--given the fact that Indian goods were in high demand. 

Answer 2

Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese explorer who discovered a route to India.

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese nobleman who sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission seeking to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. After sailing down the western coast of Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, his expedition made several stops in Africa before reaching the trading post of Calicut, India, in May 1498.