Hosted on MSN2mon
A Mysterious Shipwreck Rests Just 20 Feet Below the Surface. It May Be Connected to Vasco da Gama's Final Voyage
A shipwreck found off the coast of Kenya may have been connected to Vasco da Gama ... sail around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. His voyage enabled sea travel between Europe and India ...
Indiatimes1mon
500 years on, Vasco da Gama hailed in Lisbon, ignored in Kochi
History appears to be overlooked at St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, with no events marking 500 years since Vasco da Gama's ... years of the arrival of da Gama in India, there was strong opposition.
Hosted on MSN1mon
“It’s a Treasure”: Shipwreck Remains Found in Kenya May Be Linked to Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) was a renowned Portuguese navigator who : ・Pioneered the sea route to India around Africa ・Established the first Portuguese trading post in Asia ・Served as Viceroy ...
Folha de S.Paulo1mon
Dead for 500 Years, Vasco da Gama Became a Myth in Portugal, but His Biography Is Little Known
Dead for 500 years, Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who first connected his country to India by sea in 1498, on a journey that transformed politics, the economy, culture, and the ...