Gama, Vasco Da
(c. 1460–1524), Portuguese explorer. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India from Europe and established a Portuguese presence in India, which lasted until 1961. He was b...
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Vasco Da Gama Establishes the First Ocean Trade Route from Europe to India and Asia
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Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) of Portugal is often credited with initiating the "Age of Dis...
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Vasco Da Gama
1460-1524
Portuguese Explorer
In the last years of the fifteenth century, an explorer set off from the Iberian Peninsula, full of grand illusions and hoping to reach India by going where...
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Vasco da Gama
Born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal Died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India
Little is known about the early life of Vasco da Gama, who was born around 1460 at the seaport of Sines, Portugal, w...
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The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama (ca. 1460-1524) was the first to travel by sea from Portugal to India. The term "Da Gama epoch" is used to describe the era of European commercial and imperial e...
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Vasco da Gama may have felt challenged to explore, because the Europeans wanted to trade with China, Japan and India, without relying on the Muslim- controlled Silk Road through central Asia. To do ...
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Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias are both very accomplished explorers. They both competed their missions and helped open trade to the East Indies. There is one explorer that I believe contributed mor...
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Throughout the early 15th century, the nautical school of Henry the Navigator was extending Portuguese knowledge of the African coast. The goal was to find the quickest route from Europe to India. Aft...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Scientists from India's National Institute of
Oceanography have found artefacts near Dwarka island, off the coast
of western Indian state Gujarat, indicati...
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Former Brazil striker Romario reached the long-cherished career
tally of 1,000 goals on Sunday and became the second Brazilian player
to achieve the feat after soccer legend Pele, who scored ...
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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Veteran striker Romario has begun his
coaching career in his homeland of Brazil by being named temporary
coach at his Serie A team Vasco da Gama.
...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least seven people
died and dozens were injured Sunday when part of a spectator
stand collapsed at a stadium in northeastern Brazil during a
professional soccer match...
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PANAJI, India, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Almost 50 years ago when
the Portuguese colony of Goa was integrated with India, Luis
Galvao Teles, then just a small boy, wept bitterly. His father had fought at ...
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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - One day after he reached the historic mark
of one thousand goals, veteran Brazilian striker Romario enjoyed on
Monday the parties and the honours that...
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New Delhi (dpa) - A chance conversation between an Indian
adventurer and a Russian history expert on a train prompted the idea.
Just over a year later, the expedition has be...
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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Veteran Brazilian striker Romario, who has
reached 1,000 career goals according to his own personal count, is to
receive a medal identical to that gra...
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Brussels/Lisbon (dpa) - Prime ministers, heads of state and
foreign ministers from the European Union's 27 member states arrived
in Lisbon on Thursday to sign a treaty refor...
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Brussels/Lisbon (dpa) - European Union leaders signed a landmark
treaty designed to improve the way their 50-year-old organization
functions during a ceremony in Lisbon on T...
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