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The port city of Vasco da Gama in Goa is named after him, as is the crater Vasco da Gama on the Moon. There are three football clubs in Brazil (including Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama) and Vasco Sports Club in Goa that were also named after him.
Dias helped in the construction of the São Gabriel and its sister ship, the São Rafael that were used by Vasco da Gama to sail past the Cape of Good Hope and continue to India. [4] One of the sailors, Bartolomeu Dias, passed the Cape of Good Hope and the southernmost point of Africa in 1488.
Vasco da Gama (/ ˌ v æ s k oʊ d ə ˈ ɡ æ m ə /), often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama . It is the headquarters of the Mormugão taluka (subdistrict).
Vasco da Gama headed an expedition which led to the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India in 1498, and a series of expeditions known as the Carreira da Índia. Since then, the Cape Route has been in use. Christopher Columbus sought to find a westward sea route to the Indian subcontinent, but instead found the way to the Americas.
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's voyage to Calicut was the starting point for deployment of Portuguese feitoria posts along the east coast of Africa and in the Indian Ocean. [29] Shortly after, the Casa da Índia was established in Lisbon to administer the royal monopoly of navigation and trade.
Padrão of Vasco da Gama, at Malindi, Kenya. Nonetheless, if the armada had time, or got into trouble for some reason, the stopping choice was Malindi. A Portuguese ally since the earliest trip of Vasco da Gama in 1498, Malindi could usually be counted on to give a warm reception and had plenty of supplies.
Map of Asia and Oceania c.1550. The Portuguese presence in Asia was responsible for what would be the first of many contacts between European countries and the East, starting on May 20, 1498 with the trip led by Vasco da Gama to Calicut, India [1] (in modern-day Kerala state in India).