The Portuguese Vasco da Gama's Voyage around southern Africa to India took place at the end of the fifteenth century, and by 1502 the trans-Abrabian caravan route had been cut off by political unrest.

葡萄牙人瓦斯科·达·伽马在15世纪末环绕南非航行至印度，而到1502年的时候跨阿巴拉比的商队路线因政治动乱而被切断。

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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator, who discovered the route to India round the Cape of Good Hope between the year of 1497 and 1498.

达伽马是著名的葡萄牙航海家，在1497年至1498年间他发现了绕过好望角去印度的航线。

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Portuguese sea captains led their ships around the west coast of Africa hoping to find a path to India and East Asia.

葡萄牙海军指挥带领他的船队沿着非洲西海岸航行，试图找到去印度和东亚的捷径。

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