![]() ![]() After many stops in Africa, and problems with Muslim traders who did not want interference in their profitable trade routes, da Gama reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498.Īt first, da Gama and his trading were well-received, but this did not last for long. Da Gama's patron was King Manuel I of Portugal.ĭa Gama rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope on November 22, and continued on to India. At the time, many people thought that da Gama's trip would be impossible because it was assumed that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas. Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to the East. Vasco da Gama sent out to complete his father’s mission of finding a sea route to India from Europe. He was to have made the sea voyage from Portugal to India that eventually made his son famous, but the elder da Gama died before completing the journey. ![]() Da Gama's father Estavao was also an explorer. Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) was a Portuguese explorer who discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East.ĭa Gama was born to a noble family in Sines, Portugal.
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