Answer:Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.
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Well based on the fact that the very first patented rock crushing machine was made in the year 1830, and the first successful, Eli Whitney Blake's, was in 1858, I'd say the development process was around 30 years.
He was a war hero he gad political career