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A 16th–century shipwreck found off an island in Oman is the earliest-known example from Europe's Golden Age of Exploration If this is indeed a wreck from da Gama's 1502-1503 fleet, it will be ...
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. His ...
Archeologists believe it may have been a part of Vasco da Gama's final voyage across the Indian Ocean.. It could be the Sao Jorge, which was captained by Fernando de Monroy sank in Malindi in 1524 ...
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.
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Vasco da Gama didn’t discover the sea route to India, but merely followed an Indian sea merchant from Gujarat named Chandan, who rode a three-four times bigger ship than the Portuguese explorer ...
A sunken ship may hold the secret to Vasco da Gama's last voyage more than five centuries ago. The wreckage, discovered off the coast of Kenya in 2013, has been identified as a Portuguese vessel ...