Vasco da Gama would travel this route three more times in his life, including a final journey in 1524, the year of his death, during which he likely died from malaria, Phys.org reports. Biography ...

Biography.com describes the feat as “one ... and symbolic value as physical testimony to the presence of Vasco da Gama's third armada in Kenyan waters.” Of course, that hinges on the wreckage ...