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Vasco da Gama (/ ˌ v æ s k u d ə ˈ ɡ ɑː m ə,-ɡ æ m ə / VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə; [1] [2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea.
The 2025 season is the 128th in the history of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. The club is competing in its third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football, as well as the Campeonato Carioca, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Sudamericana.
On 21 August 1898, in a room of the Sons of Talma Dramatic Society, 62 members (mostly Portuguese immigrants) formed Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Rowing Club). Inspired by the celebrations of the 4th centenary of the first sail from Europe to India, the founders named the club in honor of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama . [ 9 ]
Vasco's Statute, 1942. The history of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama begins in 1898, the year of its foundation in the city of Rio de Janeiro.Although it was an association initially founded due to the practice of rowing, over time it added several new sports and is currently one of the most popular and traditional multi-sport entities in Brazil and South America.
Vasco da Gama By António Manuel da Fonseca, 1838, from the Museu Marítimo Nacional. The crews comprised up to 170 men. The sailors had sailing charts marked with the positions of the African coast known until then, quadrants, astrolabes of various sizes, tables with calculations – such as astronomical tables of Abraham Zacuto – needle and ...
After Vasco da Gama won its first Campeonato Carioca in its debut year in 1923, with a squad made up of blacks and workers known as Camisas Negras (Black Shirts), the other clubs in Rio de Janeiro founded a new league (AMEA, Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Atléticos) and only allowed Vasco to participate if dismissed 12 of his athletes (all black), claiming that they had a "dubious ...
L'Africaine (The African Woman) is an 1865 French grand opéra in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe.Meyerbeer and Scribe began working on the opera in 1837, using the title L'Africaine, but around 1852 changed the plot to portray fictitious events in the life of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and introduced the working title Vasco de Gama, the ...
Vasco da Gama : Fortaleza: 19:00: Stadium: Castelão: 22 May 2024 Third round Second leg: Vasco da Gama : 3–3 (3–3 agg.) (5–4 p) Fortaleza: Rio de Janeiro: