Vasco da Gama

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Vasco da Gama

• The Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail
  to India.

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route

• Vasco da Gama took a route around Africa to avoid
  trading with the Muslims. He needed to get to
• India without going through the Muslim territory.
  The Portuguese wanted spices from india at a
  better price by eliminating the Muslim middlemen.

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Vasco da Gama timeline
1492 King John Paul II sent Vasco da Gama to
Setubal to stop French ships from destroying
Portuguese ships
Vasco da Gama sailed around Africas Cape of Good
Hope and reached the coast of Natal.
May 20th, Gama arrived at Calicut, India October
5th, Vasco Da Gama started his journey back to
Portugal
1502 The king sent Vasco Da Gama on another
voyage to India
1467, he sailed from Port Tagus to find a sea
route to india
1498 In Zambezi his ships were attacked by the
Arabs
1460 Vasco is born
1499 He went back to Portugal and was called
Admiral of the Indian Ocean