Advent of Europeans
ADVENT OF EUROPEANS
In
1453, the Turks captured Constantinople and closed the Mediterranian sea route. So the Europeans had to discover a new sea route to Eastern Countries. Dicoveries of 15th and the 16th centuries paved the way ior the Europeans to have trade relations with the Eastern countries, particularly with lndia. Portugal and Spain encouraged their navigators to undertake sea voyages.
Coming of the Portuguese: The Portugltese were first among the Europeans to discover a sea route to India. The king of Portrgal, Henry- the navigator encouraged the sailors to undertake the ..u ,royuges. Consequently, a Portuguese sailor, Vasco-da-gama reached Calicut on the western coast of India, in 1498. He was received by Zamorin, the ruler of Calicut. 'fhis paved the way for establishing their settlement. When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good l Iope to finally dock at Calicut, a prosperous porl and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in Muy, l4gl, half a century of the Porluguese tentative to find a sea route to India wa.s finally crowned with success. The man behinci the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) - a devout Roman Cathoiic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel befbre commending himself to the unsnle waters had finally paid off. and if 'Christians and spices' were his twin pretext at the outset, da Gama's successive visits to lndia, lhrst in 1500 to set up a ;factory' or a trading base, then in 1502 to wreak havoc c-rn the port and Arab trading vessels alike, proveil that Portugal and its prime sailor had other things on their mincl as well. l'he Portuguese were probably here to stay, and da Gama was to earn himself the distinction of Governor of all Porluguese possessions in India in the twiligl-rt of his life. D,Albuquerque (1495-1515) chalked out and consolidated Pc',rtugal's trade routes to India during tire sixteenth century.
Portuguese Emcrged As New Ruler Albuquerque was 1n imperial rather than a commercial
In
1453, the Turks captured Constantinople and closed the Mediterranian sea route. So the Europeans had to discover a new sea route to Eastern Countries. Dicoveries of 15th and the 16th centuries paved the way ior the Europeans to have trade relations with the Eastern countries, particularly with lndia. Portugal and Spain encouraged their navigators to undertake sea voyages.
Coming of the Portuguese: The Portugltese were first among the Europeans to discover a sea route to India. The king of Portrgal, Henry- the navigator encouraged the sailors to undertake the ..u ,royuges. Consequently, a Portuguese sailor, Vasco-da-gama reached Calicut on the western coast of India, in 1498. He was received by Zamorin, the ruler of Calicut. 'fhis paved the way for establishing their settlement. When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good l Iope to finally dock at Calicut, a prosperous porl and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in Muy, l4gl, half a century of the Porluguese tentative to find a sea route to India wa.s finally crowned with success. The man behinci the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) - a devout Roman Cathoiic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel befbre commending himself to the unsnle waters had finally paid off. and if 'Christians and spices' were his twin pretext at the outset, da Gama's successive visits to lndia, lhrst in 1500 to set up a ;factory' or a trading base, then in 1502 to wreak havoc c-rn the port and Arab trading vessels alike, proveil that Portugal and its prime sailor had other things on their mincl as well. l'he Portuguese were probably here to stay, and da Gama was to earn himself the distinction of Governor of all Porluguese possessions in India in the twiligl-rt of his life. D,Albuquerque (1495-1515) chalked out and consolidated Pc',rtugal's trade routes to India during tire sixteenth century.
Portuguese Emcrged As New Ruler Albuquerque was 1n imperial rather than a commercial