The man who led the first ships from Europe to India around the Cape of Good Hope was Vasco da Gama.
He was born in Portugal Which is a country on the Atlantic Ocean.
His parents were very rich. As a boy he learned to love the sea. He became a soldier and fought in some wars.
But his first love was always the sea.
Vasco da Gama heard of columbus sailing west hoping to find India.
He also heard of Dias who had tried to go to India by sailing south.