Vasco da Gama

The primary source that I decided to read about and study was “Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India”. In the Western Civilization course, we were taught about the different explorations that many men were apart of in order to explore and create relations with other countries in the world. Vasco da Gama was in charge of leading a Portuguese exploration to sail from Portugal to around the tip of Africa and to India. His task was to find a route that could lead to open up European enterprises for trading goods between Europe and Asia. Explorations were one of the most significant part of our histories because we discovered more countries and cultures that we still benefit from it now. If humankind had not explored the world, then our current world…

The explorer Vasco da Gama w born is Sines, Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese in India in 1524. To embark on the journey, Da Gama pointed his ships south, taking advantage of prevailing winds along the coast of Africa. Following several months of…

How many sailors or those who might perish in this discovery or conquest walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal? Almost two hundred sailors walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal to ask God to forgive them. Where did Da Gama sail? “His ship rounded the southern tip of Africa, and entered the Indian Ocean.” Who sponsored him to find a route? “King Manuel the 1st of Portugal asked Da Gama to find a sea route to India.” My paper is going to be about some of the routes Vasco…

Vasco da gama landed at Kappad Beach near Calicut, Kerala on 14th May,1498. It was an open harbor filled with vessels of different sizes and the beach was lined with shops and warehouses. Local families of curious sight seekers, along with their children, came out to see the ships that looked quite different from those plying the Indian Ocean. The local king Samudrin(Zamorin) of calicut lived in a palace. On his way to the palace, Vasco stopped to pray at a Hindu temple. He was under the…

Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, is known as one of the most prominent explorers in the history of navigation. Da Gama was employed by the king of Portugal to find a trade route to India. The successes from his explorations and discoveries had a significantly positive impact on his home country. However they had quite the opposite on the countries which he came across on his journey. The explorer Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal in about the year 1460. Da Gama always had great…

man.” (Vasco da Gama) Vasco da Gama was a navigator who made history when he founded the first route to India. He was awarded two different important titles. Vasco da Gama was one of the most successful and important explorers to the Renaissance time period. Vasco da Gama was born into a noble family around 1460 in Sines Portugal. He was the son of Estêvão da Gama. When he was old enough he joined the Navy which is where he learned to navigate. He quickly became a tough reputable sailor. In…

Vasco De Gama was one of the world’s greatest explorers ever, because of his abilities to explore unknown regions, deal with foreign encounters, and exchange or barder with unknown peoples. Thanks to his first voyage through India that Portugal had spotted in the perfect place for Trade across the Indian Ocean and had opened up the maritime trade route between Europe and Asia. Also, the Portuguese rulers realised because of Da Gama’s voyage what was necessary for them to be able to maintain all…

act as leif Eriksson because they are very much alike. Chris Farley is known as a comedian and someone who get bullied/pushed around. He has lot of the same traits as Eriksson does that he plays. In all of his movies, he is the person who gets joked about. I think that he would be a good character to play as Leif if they ever made a movie about him. Bartolomeu Dias- Similar to Eriksson, Bartolomeu’s ships, in 1488, were blown over and around the Southern tip of of Africa, known…

would later play a part in the Portuguese’s relationship with the African Moors. Bartolomeu Dias (d. 1500) rounded the Cape of Good Hope by 1488 and reported that the India sea route was open. In 1497, in an attempted to continue Prince Henry’s efforts in finding a sea route to India, Prince Manuel placed four vessels in Vasco da Gama charge. Efforts for trade routes became more prevalent than they had in the past, likely due to observing the Vancian spice trade. Following the 1498 arrival…

João's successor, Manuel I ordered Dias to serve as a shipbuilding consultant for the expedition of Vasco da Gama. Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of India in May 1498. Afterward, Manuel sent out a massive fleet to India under Pedro Álvares Cabral and Dias captained four of the ships. They reached Brazil in March 1500, then headed across the Atlantic toward South Africa and, further ahead, the…