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Mar 5, 2024 · 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 ...
Aug 2, 2023 · Name: Vasco da Gama. Birth Year: 1460. Birth City: Sines. Birth Country: Portugal. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a ...
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 ...
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Dec 18, 2009 · The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. After sailing down the western coast of ...
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May 8, 2018 · Vasco da Gama was a minor Portuguese noble born in the 1460s (probably 1469, argues Sanjay Subrahmanyam [1997] in the most authoritative and scholarly biography of Gama), possibly in the southern Portuguese coastal town of Sines. Much of what we know about Gama's background and life are based on conjecture from notoriously inclusive and ...
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.
Mar 24, 2016 · Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope. His ...
