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Biography of Vasco da Gama

Vascoda Gamawas bornin the town ofSinesaround1468-69.It wasthe third sonof Stephenda Gama,thecommanderCercal andchiefAlcaideof Sines,andIsabelSodr.Pauloda Gama andSodrwereolder brothersPedroda Gama, andthe youngest. The experienceof childhoodand adolescencemarkedby the seadeterminedlyhis life.Early onhe devoted himself tonauticaland militarycareer.

AlthoughVascoda Gamato be youngerthan hisbrother,Paul,he had theresponsibility to fulfilladifficult andcriticalmission, which wascaptainingasmallfleet offour shipsarrivinganddeparting from LisbontoIndia by sea.This triphad neverbeen performed.

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The fleetleft Lisbon(Restelo) onJuly 8, 1497, withthree ships:S.Gabriel-Acarrackof 27meters in lengthand 178tons, builtespecially forthis trip, ledby theVascoda Gama,S.Rafael-dimensionssimilarto SanGabriel, also builtespecially forthis trip, led byPauloda Gama,his brother,inreturn, with thediminishedcrew,was killedinMalindi, continuingtheBerrioand SoGabriel.Berrio-a caravelslightlylower than previous ones,provided byD.Manuel deBerrio,its owner,commanded byNicolau Coelho,.With foodwasanOldCaravela, whichwould later beburned, andwas led byGonaloNunes..

S. GabrielS. RafaelBrrio

In earlyAugustwere inCape VerdeOnNovember 8thanchoredin the Bayof St. Helenaafterdescribinga routearcin the South Atlanticin order tocircumventthe headwinds;On the 16thof thatmonththey resumed their journey;Sighted theCape of Storms,onNovember 18,but dueto headwindsonly managed tocross iton the 22ndof that month;Rounded the Capeof Good Hopewasheading tothe north, alongthe east coastof Africa,arriving on the islandof Mozambique onMarch 2, 1498(the Governorof the islandsentto attack thePortuguese ships).Thenheadedto Mombasawhere they arrived onApril 7;They arrived inMalindionApril 15, 1498;ThePortuguese Navyanchoredin the city ofCalicutonMay 20, 1498,after 312days of travel.

Eventsto India:

Sea Route to ndia by Vasco da Gama

3rdTrip

The fleetarrivedin MozambiqueOnApril 17, 1498

Thissecond voyage ofVascoda Gamawasmuchmore useful.This timethe Portuguese sidehadamore concretegoalfor themission of thePortuguese expedition:to control themaritime tradeof theMalabarCoastusing allmeans necessary, evenon terror. In theCalicutlost 40sailorsin the fightagainst the king(Calicut).Vascoda GamabombardedCalicutfor two days andtwonights tosubmit it.He madealliance with thekingsof Cochin andCannanore,but imposingtrade conditionsfavorableto the Portuguese.He then returnedto Portugal, where he arrivedNovember 10, 1503, withthe caravelsladen withspices.ThePortuguese commercialempirewas born.

put an endto theexcessesand abusesobjective:Vascoda Gamadied inCochinon the eve ofChristmas Day1524.

OnMarch 2, 14981stTravel2ndTripspottedCalicut

Because of thehardshipsbetween the Portuguese andthe Arabs, transportationand marketingof goods, thePortuguese fleetreturned to Portugal(October1498).The trip would besad.Lack offresh food,madesicksailors,among themhis brotherPauloda Gama.Vascoda Gamahireda caravel(sailingfaster)to carryhis brother whowasvery ill.They headed forthe island of Terceira,where he diedthe day afterlanding.Howeverthe shipBerrio, commanded byNicolauCoelho,arrive inLisbon on10 October1498, withthe good newsof the discoveryso longdesired.

Trivia: The successof the trip wasgreat.When Vascoda Gamaarrived in Lisbonwas rewardedby KingManuelI.:Recebeu ttulos, honras e dinheiro;He was appointedchiefAdmiralof the seaand the Indies;Teve direito ao ttulo de Dom, sendo mais tarde Conde da Vidigueira;The tripswill not fallforVascoda Gama.Would returnto Indiain 1502ahead ofafleet of twentyshipswith the aimof subduingour enemies. Hislasttrip to Indiawasin 1524,hasappointedViceroy.He ruledonly threemonths.The"Admiralof Arabia,Persia, India andthroughout the East," ashe called itdied onDecember 24, 1524.

His bodywastobethe Kingdom,honors,funeral procession.Later,n'OsLusadas,Cameswillconvert it to thegreat Heroof theLusitano.Centuries later, navigatorand poet,andmythologizedmitificadorwillstandside by side inJeronimos Monastery, memoryof the discovery ofsea route toIndia.Today is themost famousPortuguese navigatorin the world.

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