Vasco da Gama

Christopher Columbus did. he was actually trying to find a new trade route to Asia, but along the way he stopped at land, and called it, Newfoundland. he thought that the world was a lot smaller than it really is, so he thought if he sailed around, it would quickly lead him to Asia. What he didn't know is, he landed on The land beneath The US. He was never actually known to step foot on what we now know the United States Of America.

Vasco da Gama set sail for India in 1497 with a crew of about 170 men. His expedition aimed to establish a sea route to India, which was crucial for trade, particularly in spices. The voyage was notable for its challenges and marked a significant moment in the Age of Discovery.

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Vasco Da Gama was famous for discovering the route from America to India, around the Cap of Good Hope in the South of Africa.
Vasco da Gama is best known for being the first European to sail from Europe to India by going around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. He began this voyage in July of 1497 and arrived in India in May of 1498. Vasco da Gama was born in 1460 and died in 1524.

Da Gama was received by the Zamorin and his subjects with traditional hospitality. The Portuguese sailors reached the palace at Calicut by the evening and were received by several Kaymals and other noblemen. They met with the Talappana Nambudiri at the entrance to the building where the Zamorin resided. Both, da Gama and the Zamorin were dressed in their best attire. After the customary greetings the Zamorin and da Gama retired to another chamber to talk about the mission on which the Portuguese had come. The chiefBrahmin was the interpreter between them.

Later the Zamorin received various gifts from the Portuguese, but Kottuval, the Muslim Koyaof Calicut and Bontaybo advised da Gama to sent gold and silver rather than goods to Zamorin. The strong colony of Arab-Muslim merchants settled in Caicut was hostile. In the meantime they represented da Gama as a mere pirate from Europe before the Zamorin, rather than an envoy of the King of Portugal. The Zamorin became more suspicious by the absence of gold or silver in the presents received. However, da Gama produced the letters from the King of Portugal to establish his authority. The letters removed the suspicions of the king and he permitted da Gama to sell his goods. The Zamorin himself bore the expenses of transporting the goods from Pantalayani to Calicut. The Zamorin sent some Konkanimerchants to buy the goods and some Nairs to guard the ware-house which was engaged for the sailors by the Kottuval.

On August 10, da Gama sent a messenger to the Zamorin with more presents to inform that it was time for him to depart for Portugal. He asked the king to send him Indian goods in exchange for the goods that still remain unsold in the ship. Zamorin again refused and said that he expects gold or silver and usual custom duties of 600 serasynes in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Calicut. The request of da Gama for permission to leave a factor behind in charge of the merchandise which could not sell was also turned by the Zamorin. The Zamorin detained the factor and his clerk as securities for the payment of the goods. This made da Gama furious, and he seized 22 Indians. The Zamorin at once released the factor and his clerk. However, da Gama only sent back some of the hostages to the land in return. In Portugal, the goods brought by Gama from India were computed at sixty times the cost of the entire expedition to India.

The blight of all sailors on long voyages was the curse of scurvy, due to a lack of vitamin C, and a poor diet, mainly of salted beef and pork, without the health benefit of eating fresh fruit and vegetables.

Obama paid for degamas exploration. Cost was nearly 13 million dollars.

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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

Oh honey, Vasco da Gama had enemies coming out of his ears! The guy was a Portuguese explorer sailing around in the 15th century, so you bet your bottom dollar he had rival explorers, pesky pirates, and probably even some jealous sea creatures gunning for him. Basically, anyone who wanted a piece of that sweet, sweet spice trade action was not da Gama's BFF.

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