VASCO daGAMA

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· He attacked Muslim trader's their ships, destroyed their outposts, and killed many innocent Arabs.

· In India his rule was considered harsh and he had a negative effect on the Indian government that they overthrew.

· Da Gama led on one of the most gruesome massacres of the exploration age. He and his crew terrorized Muslim ports up.

· Gama made a preposterous call to the Hindu king to expel all Muslims from Calicut before beginning negotiations, which was naturally turned down. This shows he discriminates against all Muslims even though he may only have a problem with some.

· Sougth vengeance against the French government for disrupting Portuguese shipping

· He didn't bring enough crew on his first voyage to India and didn't bring proper food choices which led to his crew members getting scurvy (lack of vitamic C).

· Took Indian hostages

· To demonstrate his power, da Gama hung 38 fishermen; cut off their heads, feet, and hands; and floated the dismembered corpses onto the shore.

in his first voyage he had four. They used two medium sized, three masted sailing ships, 120 tons each. One 50 ton caravel and one 200 ton store ship.

i think he burned the store ship sometime during his journey though

1499 in novebember

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He made many enemies in his travels, which included the royal Indian court.

To find an all-water trade route to India.

It was vasco da gama who firstly discovered the sea route to india from europe.

He had 3 historically important voyages:

1) 1497 to 1499 - Sailed around Africa to India and back, more than 25,000 miles

2) 1502 to 1503 - Attacked Calicut, India with the 4th Armada

3) 1524 - Died in Cochin, India of malaria

vasco de gama was a explore long ago...during the time christopher colubus was alive

he said forget you people in north carolina and the usa and my family

scurvy. The Saint Rafael was burned because of the lack of crew. The scurvy was the worst on the way back to Portugal in which it took da Gama and his crew 3 months to cross over the Indian Ocean back to the east coast of Africa.

It took him almost one year with four ships to sail to India.

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because he wanted to get rices spies and gold from India Australia and Asia

PORTUGAL was the country interested in discovering new trade route (sea route) to Asia when Turkish king or some other king blocked land route.

he made a direct route from Europe to India

Vasco De Gama sailed to India in 1799 and opened the path to India.

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Vasco da Gama took four ships, including a smaller one, used for keeping the provisions.

Vasco da Gama died in India and was originally entombed there, but his remains were removed and returned to Portugal, his home. His tomb is in the Monastery of Jeronimos, which is located in Lisbon, Portugal.

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at AfricaÕs southern tip in 1497. He also found a route from the West to the East and landed in India in 1498.

History doesn't report how the crew were treated. Generally, on ships like his they were treated OK unless they caused a problem.