Research Paper On Vasco Da Gama

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The explorer Vasco da Gama w born is Sines, Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese in India in 1524. To embark on the journey, Da Gama pointed his ships south, taking advantage of prevailing winds along the coast of Africa. Following several months of sailing, he rounded the Cape of Good Hope and began making his way up the eastern coast of Africa, toward the uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean
By January, as the fleet neared what is now Mozambique, many of da Gama's crewmembers were sick with scurvy,
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More important for his home country, Cabral established the first Portuguese trading post in India. In 1502, Vasco da Gama helmed another journey to India that included 20 ships. Married at this time, and the father of six sons, da Gama settled into retirement and family life. Vasco Da Gama died on Dec 24, 1524. He was 55 when he died and he died in Cochin- the result, it has been speculated, from possibly overworking him. Vasco da Gama was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. The Portuguese nobleman Vasco Da Gama sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East and that was his first voyage. Vasco da Gama' father was a knight and also an explorer. Vasco took three interpreters on the first voyage.Vasco da Gama reached India (Calicut) on May 20th, 1498. On the return voyage, half of Vasco da Gama`s crew died from scurvy. While in Calicut he demanded that all Muslims be banned from India. The king refused. Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India is considered to be the beginning of global …show more content…
He was a sailor at the age of 15.Vasco Da Gama was born in 1460 or 1469. No one really knows his exact birth date. He was born on the southwest of Portugal, possibly in a house near a church. Vasco Da Gama was the son of Estevao Da Gama and Isabel. During his childhood, Vasco da Gama was educated as a nobleman and he served in the court of King Joao the second. Vasco Da Gama was brought up in a maritime environment and trained in fishing, sailing, and swimming during his childhood. When he was 15 he studied navigation and astronomy. Then at the age of 15 he became a sailor. His first voyage was amazing for him and he had plenty of more voyages to come. Vasco Da Gama was a really good explorer and discovered new areas all the time. The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration was a period between the early 15th century and the early years of the 17th century. In 1490 Da Gama reached India and proved that there was no access to the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. The exploration began in Portugal with the creation of the carrack (a large merchant ship) and the caravel shipping designs. They were the first ships to leave the Mediterranean to reach the

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