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Oct 9, 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.
Feb 17, 2011 · Vasco da Gama arrived in Lisbon on 18 September and rode in triumph through the city. He had been away for more than two years, travelled 38,600km (24,000 miles) and spent 300 days at sea.
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.
Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India opened the way for an age of global imperialism and enabled the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire along the way from Africa to Asia.
Jun 3, 2021 · 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 in spices.
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Jan 14, 2022 · Known for being the first European to reach India by sea and thus connecting, for the first time, Europe and Asia by maritime trade, Vasco da Gama, the 1 st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer. His first voyage was the longest ocean travel in the world at the time and he was always briefly the Viceroy of India, before dying.
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Apr 14, 2024 · Vasco da Gama’s pioneering voyage not only established a direct maritime route to India but also marked the beginning of a new era in global trade. His journey broke the Arab and Venetian monopoly on the spice trade, ushering in an age of European dominance in maritime commerce.
