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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Vasco Da Gama Establishes the First Ocean Trade Route from Europe to India and Asia
Vasco da Gama
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