When John Whittle transformed the company, in assorted Gourock roles from 1969 to 1988 and with a protracted public-spending ...

Vasco da Gama, the celebrated ... There, a local king provided Gama with an Arab guide who knew the route to India. However, stormy weather led the ship off course. When the sailors saw lights ...

Dead for 500 years, Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who ... gained favor with King João II after seizing goods from ships flying the French flag. In 1502, King Manuel I sent Vasco ...

The discovery of one of Vasco da Gama’s ship off the coast of Malindi is one of the most fascinating stories in recent past. However, what was contained in the shipwreck has not been made public yet, ...

Remains of sunken ship that may have been part of Vasco da Gama’s last voyage (Caesar Bita via Centre for Functional Ecology/University of Coimbra) Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer ...

A map of Vasco da Gama's first voyage Public domain via Wikimedia Commons “It is larger than what we imagined for an early 16th-century ship,” Castro tells Artnet. “It is enormous.

which was part of a fleet of ships that set off on Vasco da Gama's final voyage. Among the 20 ships that embarked on this journey, the São Jorge reportedly sank shortly before da Gama's death ...

In 1513, Portuguese ships were built for both sailing and combat, featuring artillery positioned around their masts to allow for attacks in any direction. The São Jorge likely has this capability.

The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya may have been from legendary explorer Vasco da Gama’s final voyage across the Indian Ocean, archaeologists say in a new study. Researchers say ...

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.

Researchers believe this specified shipwreck is the Sāo Jorge, Vasco da Gama’s ship, which is known to have sunk in 1524. However, this has not yet been confirmed. The team of researchers currently ...

According to Dr Bita, it has been established that Vasco Da Gama used the ships for his businesses along the East African coastline. “It was among the 16 ships owned by Vasco Da Gama that he used ...