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Vasco da Gama, c.1469?1524, a Portuguese navigator, was the first European to travel by sea to India 1497?99. At the order of King Manuel I of Portugal, he commanded four vessels to Calicut, where he opened up the lucrative spice trade, thus beginnin ...
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- The Gama Vasco
Vasco da Gama 1469?1524, Portuguese explorer and navigator, who was the first person to reach India from Europe by a sea route. Da Gama was born in Sines, in southwestern Portugal. He joined the Portuguese navy at a young age and participated in the ...
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- A Vasco da Gamma
King Manuel knew that India was the source of many spices which were scarce and costly in Europe. He knew that Muslim merchants carried these spices by caravan across the deserts of Arabia to the markets of Mediterranean ports. The king hoped that, b ...
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- The Da Gama
Vasco da Gama is famous for his completion of the first all water trade route between Europe and India. Da Gamas father, Estavao, had originally been chosen by King Joao II to make this historic voyage, but he died before he could complete the missi ...
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