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Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ( / ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, ˈɡæmə /; [1] [2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. [3] His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope [4] (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
The 2nd Portuguese India Armada's landing in Brazil, painted by Oscar Pereira da Silva. The Second Portuguese India Armada was assembled in 1500 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral. Cabral's armada famously discovered Brazil for the Portuguese crown along the way.
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Jun 3, 2021 · Definition. Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1524) was a Portuguese navigator who, in 1497-9, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa and arrived at Calicut (now Kozhikode) on the south-west coast of India. This was the first direct voyage from Portugal to India and allowed the Europeans to cut in on the immensely lucrative Eastern trade ...
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Vasco da Gama (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India) was a Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The famed bridge named in his honour in Lisbon, the Vasco da Gama Bridge that crosses over ...
- Who were Vasco da Gama’s parents?Although his exact birth date is unknown, Vasco da Gama was the third son of Estêvão da Gama, a minor provincial nobleman who was commander of the...
- What was Vasco da Gama best known for?Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyage...
- What did Vasco da Gama discover?During Vasco da Gama’s first voyage, he carried padrões (stone pillars) as marks of discovery. He erected one on an island near Mossel Bay, South A...
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Age of Discovery. Quick Facts: Portuguese explorer and navigator who found a direct sea route from Europe to Asia, and was the first European to sail to India by going around Africa. Name: Vasco da Gama [vas-koh]; [ (Portuguese) vahsh-koo] [duh gah-muh] Birth/Death: ca. 1460 CE - 1524 CE. Nationality: Portuguese.
The complete, unabridged text of The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe, with vocabulary words and definitions.
