Muslim merchants prepared an ambush upon the Portuguese arrival to India, but they failed. In July 8th 1497, the King of Portugal ordered Vasco de Gama to discover the sea route from Portugal to India, where he established contact in Calecute, India in May, 17th of 1498, ten months after his departure. What Did Vasco de Gama discovered?įor many years lots of travelers tried to find a direct sea route from Portugal to India to avoid having to deal with merchants and traders from the Mediterranean and Egypt, who were known to impose high taxes for the exchange of their goods. Coming from a poor family, he had an inferiority problem and so his ambitions were to achieve great social status and fortune. Vasco de Gama was famous for his personality, being described as violent, rude and relentless. Also Vasco de Gama at this young age had already crossed the Mediterranean and visited the city of Tânger, in Morocco. Vasco de Gama spent almost all his childhood in a sailormen and trips environment enriching his knowledge in this matter.Īt eighteen years old, Vasco de Gama was already inlisted as ship crew member in charge of patroling Portuguese ports on the African coast, defending them against pirate ships. He was the son of Estêvão da Gama, who also was a navigator. Vasco da Gama was born in 1469 in the city of Sines. Who was Vasco de Gama? His early life and youth In this article, you will find out more about Vasco da Gama and understand the reason why he is one of the most famous Portuguese explorers. He found new lands, promoted trade but also spread religious ideals. He traveled and discovered new territories and brought back from his travels new goods and knowledge.įrom the fourteenth and seventeenth century, Vasco da Gama’s doings greatly influenced the history but also people’s lives. He’s a very important figure in the Portuguese history. Vasco da Gama is mostly known for uniting Europe and India by sea. The initial version of this article on Vikidia is a copy of the article Vasco da Gama on the Simple English Wikipedia.I’ve written an article about the Age of Discoveries, so I obviously had to write about Vasco da Gama, one of the most famous Portuguese explorers! Read on and find out my top 10 interesting facts about Vasco da Gama.He he died soon after he got there on Christmas Eve. Vasco da Gama went on one last trip in 1524, to be the viceroy (governor) of Calicut, which was now a Portuguese colony. This made the King of Portugal very happy with him. Then he went on to Calicut and took over that city and captured much wealth. During this trip, he attacked and stole from all the Arab and Indian ships he found in the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama went on his next trip in 1502, after he found out that the people of Calicut had killed the Portuguese he had left behind.
A few of his Portuguese sailors stayed in Calicut. However, he escaped and returned to Portugal in September 1499. Vasco da Gama was in danger because of a conflict with the ruler of Calicut. The pilot brought the Portuguese men to the city of Calicut on the southwest coast of India on May 20, 1498. There, at Malindi, da Gama hired a pilot from India. An angry crowd discovered that da Gama's men were not Muslims, so the crew continued north to Kenya. Mozambique was controlled by Arabs because it was part of the Indian Ocean's network of trade. By January, Da Gama's crew had reached modern-day Mozambique, on the East African coast. The coast they named is still called Natal. They did this because they sailed near to that coast at at the same time they celebrated Christmas. Da Gama's crew gave the South African coast they were passing the name Natal, a word which means " Christmas" in Portuguese.
Vasco da Gama sailed around the bottom of the African continent. No European explorer before him had sailed further than the place that is now called South Africa. He intended that his ships sail to India. On Jhe left Lisbon with four ships: the São Gabriel, the São Rafael, the Berrio, and a storage ship of unknown name. According to some people's accounts, he was a knight in the 1490s at Sines. He was the first European who went to India through the Cape of Good Hope, the southern end of Africa. Vasco da Gama ( 1460 or 1469?-December 24, 1524) was a Portuguese sailor.
0 kommentar(er)
