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When Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498, he wasn’t discovering a new world — he was entering a maritime system that had been active for centuries. Long before European ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Indian, Arab, and Swahili sailors were navigating the Indian Ocean using monsoon wind science to build one of history’s earliest global trade networks.
Merchants from western India, especially Gujarat, sailed regularly from ports like Cambay (Khambhat) to the Swahili Coast, connecting commercial centres such as Malindi, Mombasa, and Kilwa. Indian ships carried textiles, spices, beads, and ceramics, returning with ivory, gold, and other African goods. This exchange linked Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia into a single economic ecosystem.
When Vasco da Gama arrived in East Africa, he encountered busy ports already hosting Indian and Arab vessels and relied on local navigational knowledge to reach Calicut. His voyage mattered because it created a direct European sea link to this existing system — not because it created the system itself.
The Indian Ocean was global before Europe joined it, shaped by traders who moved goods, ideas, and cultures across predictable monsoon routes for centuries.
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