2025年1月7日 · Vasco da Gama (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India) was a Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

Da Gama'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 along the way from Africa to Asia.

2009年12月18日 · The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460‑1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.

2024年9月24日 · Vasco da Gama’s first voyage to India, which took place between 1497 and 1499, marked a watershed moment in the history of global exploration and trade. Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal, this journey aimed to establish a direct sea route to India, bypassing the overland routes dominated by Middle Eastern and North African traders.

Vasco da Gama's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to India was an event of enormous historical significance. Apart from being one of the great acts of European seamanship, it laid the basis for the Portuguese Empire, which was to last for centuries, and it established new contacts between Europe and the civilizations of Asia, marking an early ...

Vasco da Gama on his arrival in India in May 1498, bearing the flag used during the first voyage by sea to this part of the world: the arms of Portugal and the Cross of the Order of Christ, sponsors of the expansion movement initiated by Henry the Navigator, are seen.

2025年1月7日 · Vasco da Gama - Explorer, India, Portugal: To exploit da Gama’s achievement, Manuel I dispatched the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral to Calicut with a fleet of 13 ships. The profits of this expedition were such that a third fleet was soon fitted out in Lisbon.

2010年2月9日 · Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal,...

2021年6月3日 · Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1524) was a Portuguese navigator who, in 1497-9, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa and arrived at Calicut (now Kozhikode) on the south-west coast of India. This was the first direct voyage from Portugal to India and allowed the Europeans to cut in on the immensely lucrative Eastern trade in spices.

2024年5月31日 · On May 20, 1498, after almost a year at sea, Vasco da Gama and his crew finally arrived at the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India. The arrival marked a monumental moment in the history of exploration.