Vasco Da Gama: The Diary Of His Travels Through African Waters 1497 1499
Eric Axelson
102 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 062022388X
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Language: English
Publish: 883641600000
Vasco da Gama (c1469-1524), Portuguese explorer and seafarer, was the first European to reach India by sea. This diary is a narrative of that journey, when da Gama’s ship, the Sao Gabriel set off from Lisbon and sailed via the Azores and Brazil, to the cape of Good Hope and the Malabar Coast of India.