Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and His Viceroyalty. From the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa, accompanied by original documents (translated from the Portuguese, with notes and an introduction by the Hon. Henry E. J. Stanley). Printed for the Hakluyt Society, London: 1869. CORREA, Gaspar. Lendas da India. Lisboa: Academia Real das ...
Vasco da Gama c. 1904. Vasco da Gama was laid down at the Thames Iron Works shipyard in London, Britain in 1875, [2] [3] and was launched on 1 December 1875. [4] The ship was completed in 1878. [5] She served as part of the coastal defense force that protected Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, and the mouth of the river Tagus.
Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
Vasco da Gama before the Zamorin of Calicut, 19th century painting by Veloso Salgado. Gama eventually managed to speak personally to the Zamorin and deliver a letter from King Manuel, though he was later detained for a few days and kept under watch by his chief of the royal guard. [4]
Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut, 20 May 1498. Sá was a scrivener on the first Portuguese voyage to India, traveling on the carrack São Rafael which was captained by Vasco da Gama's older brother, Paulo da Gama. Sá was also a member of the group who accompanied Gama on his first trip into Calicut on 20 May 1498.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
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 ...