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 ...

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Vasco da Gama's crew landed in South Africa. Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. This feature focuses on the ...

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Vasco Da Gama rounded the Cape without major incident and, five months after leaving home, he found himself on the Southern Cape Coast, talking business with ...

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Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in the Parow suburb of the city of Cape Town. Coming from the lower ranks, the club had its roots ...

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Portuguese explorer and navigator who found a direct sea route from Europe to Asia, and was the first European to sail to India by going around Africa.

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Setting off in July 1497, da Gama's expedition took advantage of the prevailing winds by sailing south down the coast of Africa, then veering far out into ...

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Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before ...

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Vasco da Gama was a prominent Portuguese explorer who successfully rounded the Cape of Good Hope on November 22, 1497, marking a significant moment in the Age ...

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Vasco da Gama was the son of the Alcaide of Sines, a little fishing village which looks over the Atlantic. In front is the open sea; behind is a waste of sand- ...

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