History appears to be overlooked at St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, with no events marking 500 years since Vasco da Gama's ... years of the arrival of da Gama in India, there was strong opposition.

The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya may have been from legendary explorer Vasco da Gama’s final voyage across the ... famed explorer died in India, likely from malaria.

Dead for 500 years, Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who first connected his country to India by sea in 1498 ... after completing his third voyage, probably due to malaria.

Vasco da Gama was a pioneering Portuguese explorer born in the 1460s who revolutionised maritime trade routes between Europe and India ... joined da Gama's final voyage in 1524.

Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, on Tuesday, said that India was discovered by a merchant named Chandan, negating the role of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.

Vasco da Gama was on a world exploration tour that took him round the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of South Africa before landing in Malindi and eventually India in the 1490s. On arrival in Malindi ...

The pillar is a reminder of the 15th Century voyage of the Portuguese ... vital role in facilitating trade between India and Portugal. The Vasco da Gama Pillar, one of the oldest European ...