Talk:Chronology of European exploration of Asia

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Huh?[edit]

"The Portuguese Vasco de gama, accompagnied by Nicolau Coelho and Bartolomeu Dias, is the first to reach India by sea. "

The first what? Portuguese, or European? As if it's the latter that would not make much sense -- Eudoxus of Cyzicus, a famous Ancient Greek explorer (European!) crossed the Arabian Sea in 130 BCE, a millennium and a half before de Gama. This really should be clarified. I've also noticed that such early (Antiquity) explorations of Asia have been left out of this, except for the Sino-Roman relations... mike4ty4 01:02, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eudoxus of Cyzicus should indeed be mentionned. He openned the way for Greek ships sailing from Egypt to India. PHG (talk) 04:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It must be mentioned though that Eudoxos came from the Asian Greek city of Cyzicus and was working for the Hellenistic rulers of Egypt. One could therefore say that he was an Asian explorer working for an African country and thus would not belong in this article on European exploration. Takeaway 14:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't the Moroccan Ibn Battuta be removed from this article on European exploration of Asia? Or should this article be renamed to also include people of non European descent who have heavily influenced the European exploration of Asia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Takeaway (talkcontribs) 22:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

eastern europeans was near to asia portuguese is the first western europeans assim como asiaticos do egeu do leste chegaram antes a tracia do leste que o egeu do oeste e macedonia na asia e nem por isso ha um artigo sobre asiaticos na europa asiaticos na africa asiaticos na america antes da era ocidental classica assim como europeus antigos solutreans na america alias deviam fazer uma versão sintetica do artigo so com as principais expedições e outra mais detalhada e melhor organizada por seculos e lugares de origem e destino pois fica meio confuso por ano misturam india russia o escambal num curto trecho de medievo podiam fazer um mapa pra facilitar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.154.77.70 (talk) 04:42, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

uma coisa é vc ta de frente pro egeu asiatico a ponto de ser colonia deles outro é vc sair do oestreminis e circunavegar o mundo querido inclusive hispania significa algo como confins numa lingua do leste antiga então a iberia foi a maior agora não chola seu nome anglo te denuncia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.154.77.70 (talk) 04:46, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

não desmerecendo gregos nem macedonios nem romanos que inclusive nos deram essa bela lingua que carece a vcs mas ja que não possuem a gloria dos pioneiros que pelo menos se contentem com terem levado o auge e a ruina do mundo e parem de invejar os pioneiros verdadeiros — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.154.77.70 (talk) 04:49, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Greco-Bactrians and Indo-Greeks?[edit]

Are these people Asian or European? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Takeaway (talkcontribs) 22:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

eurasians mixed of europeans and asians european in origin but mixed with asians after — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.154.77.70 (talk) 04:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]