вЂњThis Day in World HistoryвЂќ is brought to you by USA Higher Education. With his voyage, the Portuguese overseas empire was born. He was greeted as a hero and richly rewarded by the king. After a long and harrowing return trip - which included the death of his brother - da Gama reached Portugal in September of 1499, more than two years after having set out. Still, da Gama was able to leave India with some spices. The goods Manuel had sent as gifts were of poor value, infuriating CalicutвЂ™s ruler. Once he reached Calicut, da GamaвЂ™s reception was not very warm. The long voyage also took a serious toll of the crew around two-thirds died during the voyage, most of disease. The trip across the southern Atlantic left the ships a worrying three months without sight of land, and the expedition met hostile natives in southern Africa - who gave da Gama an arrow wound - and Muslims in eastern Africa. He carried with him priests to see to the crewsвЂ™ souls, interpreters to help communicate with Bantu and Arabic speakers, and a store of gifts the king intended for him to use to attract Indian rulers to trade. Source: Library of Congress.At the head of four ships (one a floating warehouse) and 170 men, da Gama began his journey on July 8, 1497. Vasco da Gama's ship with gods above by Ernesto Casanova (ca. Nevertheless, he was named to head the historic voyage. Why he was chosen by PortugalвЂ™s King Manuel to lead the expedition to India is unknown his only achievement to date had been carrying out a mission for ManuelвЂ™s predecessor a few years earlier. In his late thirties at the time of his voyage, da Gama was the son of a minor Portuguese nobleman. Having successfully sailed around the southern tip of Africa, da Gama had pioneered a sea route from Europe to Asia that bypassed the Muslim nations that controlled the overland spice trade. On May 20, 1498, sailing for the Portuguese crown, Vasco da Gama reached Calicut, India. Unfavourable winds and the adverse current delayed the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope until November 22.This Day in World History Da Gama reaches Calicut, India The fleet reached Santa Helena Bay (in modern South Africa) on November 7. Then, to avoid the currents of the Gulf of Guinea, da Gama undertook a long detour through the South Atlantic before attempting to round the Cape of Good Hope. When did da Gama reach Cape of Good Hope?

On January 25, in what is now Mozambique, they reached the Quelimane River, which they called the Rio dos Bons Sinais (the River of Good Omens), and erected another padrГЈo. On January 11, 1498, it anchored for five days near the mouth of a small river between Natal and Mozambique, which they called the Rio do Cobre (Copper River). Did you know? When did Vasco da Gama reach the Quelimane River? Little else is known about his early life, but in 1492 King John II sent da Gama to the port city of Setubal (south of Lisbon) and to the Algarve region to seize French ships in retaliation for French attacks on Portuguese shipping interests. Why did King John II send da Gama to Setubal? 1460, Sines, Portugal-died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India), Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497вЂ“99, 1502вЂ“03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Vasco da Gama, Portuguese Vasco da Gama, 1 er conde da Vidigueira, (born c.

This allowed Portugal to start trading for spices in Asia. Vasco Da Gama was the first European to sail around the continent of Africa to Asia. Who was Vasco da Gama and what did he do? The major significance of Vasco Da Gamas voyages was that they opened maritime trade between Asia and Europe and they helped to create a Portuguese empire. What did Vasco da Gama make?Дa GamaвЂ™s discovery of the sea route to India opened the way for an age of global imperialism and enabled the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia. He reached Goa on 11 September 1524, but died at Cochin three months later. In 1524, Jono III commanded Da Gama to return to India as viceroy. Oriental silks, satins and spices, and African ivory and gold brought wealth to the Crown and led to PortugalвЂ™s dominance of the Cape route. Vasco da Gama, (c.1469 1524) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. вЂњGood fortune! What did Vasco da Gama bring back Africa? Portrait of Vasco da Gama by artist Antonio Manuel da Fonseca in 1838.

The two men took him to their house and fed him delicacies-wheat bread and honey-then enthusiastically accompanied him back to the ships. Gama sent one of his convicts ashore with the visitors, a man called JoГЈo Nunes, a converted Jew, destined to make the most famous landfall in Portuguese history.

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