Vasco da Gama

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"The Lusiads", the national epic of Portugal, celebrates this explorer & his discovery of a sea route to India Vasco da Gama $1,000 J EXPLORERS 2025-04-25 #9320
A 10 1/2-mile bridge across the Tagus River in Lisbon is named for this Portuguese explorer da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 2023-07-21 #8920
Fewer than a third of his crew members survived the 1497-99 roundtrip voyage from Lisbon to Calicut, India Vasco da Gama DD $2,500 DJ EXPLORERS 2014-07-18 #6885
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Portugal in July 1497, going around Africa & with the help of a pilot from Malindi, this explorer made it to India in 1498 Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORATION 2007-02-08 #5164
Bartolomeu Dias, the 1st to land at the Cape of Good Hope, outfitted this man's ships for his 1497-99 India trip Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 2003-02-06 #4249
This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe Vasco da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 2000-02-08 #3557
In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India Vasco da Gama $400 J EXPLORATION 1998-06-12 #3190
The Sao Gabriel was the flagship of his first expedition from Portugal to India Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-04-03 #2678
While serving as viceroy in India, he died suddenly at Cochin on December 24, 1524 Vasco Da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-03-22 #2670
In 1497 Bartolomeu Dias accompanied him on part of his journey around Africa to India da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-02-20 #2647
Some say the Portuguese sent him to India in 1497 after his brother Paulo turned down the command Vasco Da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-01-31 #2633
In 1498 he told Calicut's ruler the Portuguese wanted trade; in 1502 he bombarded the city Vasco da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-01-05 #2615
When he returned to Lisbon in September 1499, he'd been away over 2 years & sailed over 24,000 miles Vasco da Gama DD $2,100 DJ EXPLORERS 1995-02-28 #2422
While returning to Portugal from India in 1499, his brother Paulo died & was buried in the Azores Vasco da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1994-05-26 #2254
Of the 170 sailors he took to India in the 1490s, only about 50 survived the trip Vasco da Gama $500 J EXPLORERS 1993-02-22 #1956
His voyages to India were the subject of an epic 1572 poem, "The Lusiads" Vasco da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-12-18 #1910
Bartolomeu Dias, who never made it to India, helped build the ships for this man who did Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-05-01 #1780
On May 20, 1498 this sailor became the first European to set anchor in India Vasco da Gama $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1991-10-31 #1649
His 1497-98 voyage to India opened the 1st all-water trade route between Europe & Asia Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1990-03-05 #1276
9 years after B. Dias rounded Africa's tip, this explorer sailed on to open sea route to India Vasco da Gama $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1986-11-20 #509
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