VASCO DA GAMA(1469 – 1524)

Biography of the life of Vasco Da Gama

o Nationality - Portugueseo Lifespan - 1469 – 1524 (55 years)o Family - Father was Estevao da Gama a

Portuguese noble and Courtiero Education - Well educated befitting his

statuso Career - Explorer and Navigatoro Famous for : Discovered an sea route

from Portugal to the East, assumed to be impossible feat as it was believed that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas

Early Lifeo Vasco da Gama was born in Sines,

Province of Alemtejo, Portugalo He came from a noble Portuguese

family and his father was a distinguished soldier who attended the Portuguese court

o Vasco da Gama was well educated as befitted his status and he had been taught several languages, physics, geometry, mathematics and astronomy

First Voyage

o Sent by King John IIo Started on 8th July,1497o It consists of 4 ships and a crew of 179o 22 November 1497- Sailed around the

Cape of Good Hope o 25 December 1497- Reached the coast of

Natalo January 1498 - Reached the mouth of the

Zambezio 20 May 1498 - Reached Indiao 5 October 1498 - Sets sail for homeo September 1499 – Returns home

Second Voyage

o Sent by King Manuel Io Started on 12th February 1502o It consists of 20 war shipso In this voyage :o Engaged in privateer actions

against Arab merchant shipso Destroyed a Calicut fleet of 29

shipso Extracted favorable trading

concessionso Returned home in 1503

Third Voyageo Sent by King John IIIo Started in 1524o Aim is to replace the incompetent Eduardo

De Menezes as viceroy of the Portuguese

possessionso Contracted Malaria and died on 24th

December, 1524o Body was 1st buried at St.Francis Church at

Kochio Later, his remains were returned to Portugal

in 1539o The Monastery of Hieronymites was erected

in the honor of his voyage to India.

Tomb of Vasco Da Gama

His Contributions

o Found a sea route to Indiao Responsible for Portugal's success as an

colonizing powero His voyages proved vital to maintain

national trade routes to the far east.

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DONE BY SADIA ZAREEN CLASS VIII