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He is an explorer, from Portugal. Some of his goals were getting to Cape of Good Hope and Establish trade with India. He was born in Sines, Portugal

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Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1524) was a Portuguese navigator widely credited with being the first person to travel by sea to India establishing a new trade route that would aide in establishing Portugal to become a dominant player in trade at the time.

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An explorer, Born in 1469 in Sines, Portugal.

Famous because, he was the first Portuguese to reach India.

He was the governor of Portuguese India.

Died in India, in a southern part in the age of 64, on 1524.

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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

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Vasco De gama was a portugese sailor who first sailed around Africa to india

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vas co da gama opened up the sea route in india..

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he is king anf=d hes from since portugual n died at cochin indina 24 December 1524

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