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Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

Timeline of Events

1497

7.8.1497

Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.

12.16.1497

Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

1498

5.18.1498

Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.

5.20.1498

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.

8.29.1498

Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.

1499

7.10.1499

Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.

1502

2.12.1502

Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.