Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.

Right from Vasco da Gama arrival in India to Christopher Columbus ... As per Levi Strauss and Co., on May 20, 1873, marks the birth of the blue jean. It was this day when Levi Strauss and Jacob ...

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived in India’s Calicut on May 20, 1498, becoming the first European to reach India via ...

Not only is his year of birth disputed (either 1460 or 1469 ... look out to sea and you will see the wide expanse of Vasco da Gama beach, spreading out for several kilometres against the backdrop ...

Christopher Columbus' unsuccessful search for a western maritime route to India resulted in the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, but it was Vasco da Gama who ultimately established the ...

Here’s how it works. Marine archaeologists think they've discovered a lost Portuguese ship from explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet off the coast of present-day Oman, more than 500 years after it ...

Why Trust Us? A sunken vessel off the coast of Kenya may be a long-lost ship of famed explorer Vasco da Gama. The São Jorge, a ship that sailed on the explorer’s final voyage, sank in 1524.

A study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology suggests that the wreckage could be part of Vasco da Gama's final voyage. If confirmed, the sunken vessel would be one of the earliest ...

Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. In an epic voyage, he sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and succeeded in breaking the monopoly of Arab and ...