Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope. His ...

“The recent discovery of a Portuguese shipwreck in Malindi, Kenya, could be a galleon from Vasco da Gama’s last voyage,” ...

Da Gama achieved fame and fortune when he led the 1497 expedition that opened up the sea route to India, which had long been the source of the spices that were in demand among European aristocracy.

While the ship’s identity remains unconfirmed, evidence suggests it could be the San Jorge, a vessel from Vasco da Gama’s armada that sank in 1524. The significance of this discovery cannot be ...

Marine archaeologists say they've found the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's brutal second armada to ...

Christopher Columbus' unsuccessful search for a western maritime route to India resulted in the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, but it was Vasco da Gama who ultimately established the ...

The storm and subsequent sinking in 1503 killed all on board, and its pilot was the uncle of famous explorer Vasco da Gama. The ship was part of da Gama's second voyage to India and the discovery ...

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.

India's Discovery by Vasco da Gama Celebration at Lisbon. Skip to content Skip to site index ... Portugal to Have a Great Celebration of India's Discovery. Share full article. Aug. 10, 1896.

“The recent discovery of a Portuguese shipwreck in Malindi, Kenya, could be a galleon from Vasco da Gama’s last voyage,” scientists wrote in the latest study, published in the Journal of ...