First English translation of the Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama, believed by some authorities to be the work of Alvaro Velho. Editor favors João de Sá as author rather than Velho. Appendices: Two ...

Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go ...

A shipwreck, discovered in 2013 by underwater archaeologist Caesar Bita, is now thought to be a Portuguese vessel from one of Vasco da Gama’s voyages — possibly the São Jorge. If confirmed ...

Royal Geographical Society's Celebration of Voyage. ... Vasco da Gama arrived off the Malabar coast some few days before reaching Calicut, the date being May 20, 1498, or 400 years ago.

Vasco da Gama became the first European to journey around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa from Portugal in 1497, pioneering a connection from Europe to the Indian Ocean that formed the ...

A sunken vessel off the coast of Kenya may be a long-lost ship of famed explorer Vasco da Gama. The São Jorge, a ship that sailed on the explorer’s final voyage, sank in 1524.

A map of Vasco da Gama's first voyage Public domain via Wikimedia Commons “It is larger than what we imagined for an early 16th-century ship,” Castro tells Artnet . “It is enormous.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:54 a.m. EST on Nov. 27 to note that if the wreck is confirmed to be part of Vasco da Gama's final voyage, the shipwreck may be one of the earliest, not ...

Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.

Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.