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first to link Europe and Asia ... Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes 
boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based 
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took service under Portugal as a factor in Cochin on the coast of Malabar. ... with 
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Question: On May 20, 1498, he arrived at India's Malabar Coast, completing the first voyage from Western Europe to India
Answer: Vasco da Gama