Vasco da Gama

Proper noun

Meaning

Vasco da Gama

A city in Goa, India.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to Losada, the name came from Portuguese explorers, the sailors of Vasco da Gama in India, who first brought them to Europe. Source: Internet

After his death, exploration continued; Bartolomeu Dias (d. 1500) went around the Cape of Good Hope in 1486 and Vasco da Gama (d. 1524) sailed around Africa to India in 1498. Source: Internet

A view of the Parque das Nações with Vasco da Gama Bridge in the background. Source: Internet

By his appointment letter of February 1524, John III granted Vasco da Gama the privileged title of " Viceroy ", being only the second Portuguese governor to enjoy that title (the first was Francisco de Almeida in 1505). Source: Internet

By the time Vasco da Gama was in his 20s, the king's plans were coming to fruition. Source: Internet

From there, they sailed to Calicut (now known as Kozhikode), where Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama would land two centuries later. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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