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VASCO DA GAMA - Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer a...
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Portuguese explorer |
First explorer to sail directly from Europe to India |
Explorer finding lizard very like fish on top |
Portuguese explorer d. 1524 |
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Dec 16 2018 The Times - Specialist |
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This chain-wearer seen here sailed from Lisbon in 1497 with the São Gabriel and other ships under his command |
This Portuguese navigator, the first European to reach India by sea, discovered the Seychelles in 1502 |
This Portuguese explorer falls in love with an African captive in Meyerbeer's opera, "L'Africaine" |
This Portuguese sailor was known as "The Admiral of the Indian Seas" |
On May 20, 1498, he arrived at India's Malabar Coast, completing the first voyage from Western Europe to India |
In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India |
This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe |
Some say the Portuguese sent him to India in 1497 after his brother Paulo turned down the command |
His 1497-98 voyage to India opened the 1st all-water trade route between Europe & Asia |
While serving as viceroy in India, he died suddenly at Cochin on December 24, 1524 |
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Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient. * Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was significant and opened the way for an age of global imperialism and for the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia. Traveling the ocean route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula. The sum of the distances covered in the outward and return voyages made this expedition the longest ocean voyage ever made until then, far longer than a full voyage around the world by way of the Equator.After decades of sailors trying to reach the Indies, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, da Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along northern and coastal West Africa. The main spices at first obtained from Southeast Asia were pepper and cinnamon, but soon included other products, all new to Europe. Portugal maintained a commercial monopoly of these commodities for several decades. It was not until a century later that other European powers, namely the Dutch Republic and England, followed by France and Denmark, were able to challenge Portugal's monopoly and naval supremacy in the Cape Route. * Da Gama led two of the Portuguese India Armadas, the first and the fourth. The latter was the largest and departed for India four years after his return from the first one. For his contributions, in 1524 da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was ennobled as Count of Vidigueira in 1519. Vasco da Gama remains a leading figure in the history of exploration. Numerous homages have been made worldwide to celebrate his explorations and accomplishments. The Portuguese national epic poem, Os Lusíadas, was written in his honour by Camões (d.1580). His first trip to India is widely considered a milestone in world history, as it marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of global multiculturalism.In March 2016 thousands of artifacts and nautical remains were recovered from the wreck of the ship Esmeralda, one of da Gama's armada, found off the coast of Oman. |