Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who lived from around the 1460s to 1524 and is remembered as a significant figure in the Age of Exploration. His voyages helped establish European maritime routes and connections to distant regions during a transformative period in history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1469
- Died
- 1524
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Em nome de Deus
- A Journal of the first voyage of Vasco Da Gama, 1497-1499
- Le second voyage de Vasco da Gama à Calicut
- Diário da viagem de Vasco da Gama
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There are two bands using the name Vasco Da Gama: 1. A heavy metal band from Portugal 2. A math rock band from Liverpool 1. The first was an heavy metal band from portugal. They released their only LP in 1988. The band was formed by: Carlos Jorge Miguel (guitar) Gil Marujo (drums) Tó Andrade (bass) Luís Sanches (vocals) 2 .The second is a band from Liverpool, England, active since 2010, most commonly described as math rock and citing Maps & Atlases, The Dismemberment Plan, Fugazi, Faraquet an
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Vasco da Gama (/ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, -ɡæmə/ VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə, European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean from Malindi in Kenya to Kozhikode was to open up European exploration of, and commerce with, India, and is considered a landmark event and a turning point in world history.
Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia using an ocean route that rounded the southern tip of Africa, although he was not the first Portuguese mariner to round the Cape. This route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean Sea and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula. A milestone in Portuguese maritime exploration, this voyage marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of international trade and an age of global imperialism. The Portuguese later established a long-lasting colonial empire along the route from Africa to Asia. The outward and return voyages constituted the longest known ocean voyages ever completed.