Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia
Vasco da Gama (/ ˌ v æ s k u d ə ˈ ɡ ɑː m ə,-ɡ æ m ə / VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə; [1] [2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea. [3]
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2025年1月7日 · Vasco da Gama (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India) was a Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama ‑ Biography, Voyages & Legacy - HISTORY
2009年12月18日 · The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.
Vasco da Gama - World History Encyclopedia
2021年6月3日 · Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1524) was a Portuguese navigator who, in 1497-9, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa and arrived at Calicut (now Kozhikode) on the south-west coast of India...
Vasco da Gama: Biography, Explorer, Europe to India, Facts
2023年8月2日 · Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
Vasco da Gama - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and Park
Vasco De Gama was the first European to find an ocean trading route to India. He accomplished what many explorers before him could not do. His discovery of this sea route helped the Portuguese establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia and Africa.
Vasco da Gama - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Da Gama is considered to be one of the most prominent European explorers of the early Age of Exploration whose actions opened the era of the European colonization of the Indian subcontinent. Vasco da Gama went on his next trip in 1502.