In 1497, the king of Portugal commissioned da Gama to ... and symbolic value as physical testimony to the presence of Vasco da Gama’s third armada in Kenyan waters,” per an April statement ...

“No one has tried to clear that misconception. The government has even installed a memorial stone at the Kappad beach.

The 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of famed explorer Vasco da Gama has been found off ... which was the personal emblem of King Dom Manuel the First.

Vasco Da Gama’s company included numerous proficient Arabic speakers who worked with local Malayalam translators to facilitate communication between them and the king of Calicut. The Indians ...