Vasco da Gama's landfall on the Indian Coast in May 1498 was so unexpected that it strained credibility. A garbled rumour reached the Venetian diarist Girolamo Priuli that 'three caravels belonging to ...

During any of the 86400 seconds in a 24-hour day, somewhere in the world someone is doing something related to the beautiful ...

From Arabia to Southern Europe, through the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, eastward to Transoxiana, Sindh and India, Muslim ...

Vasco da Gama, the celebrated European navigator ... and onward to the east coast of Africa. There, a local king provided Gama with an Arab guide who knew the route to India.

In 1499 Vasco da Gama returned in triumph to Lisbon from his epoch-making voyage to India round the Cape of Good Hope. In the following year, King Manuel I sent a fresh expedition to India, of ...

The unrest follows former king Gyanendra Shah's video message seeking public ... despite military failures in Operation Sindoor. On 20 May 1498, Vasco da Gama stepped onto a quiet beach near ...

The Gribshunden was the personal flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway ... heavily armed ships that Vasco da Gama used to reach India and Columbus used to reach the Americas.

Vasco da Gama, whom I loved from my youth novels ... It is rare for European leaders to vacation in India. However, King Charles III and Queen Camilla made a four-day pitstop at a wellness centre in ...

In 1502, King Manuel I sent Vasco back to Calicut ... Understanding the life and voyages of Vasco da Gama is one way to know the genesis of the globalized world.

Dr Bita said after confirming the ship underwater, NMK, together with the National Museum of China and the University of the King, commenced an exercise ... According to Dr Bita, it has been ...

Saudi Arabia have unveiled new pictures of the King Salman Stadium ... buy a controlling stake in the historic Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, which would likely yield a key role for the former ...