The waterfront Belém is a historic neighborhood that houses some of Lisbon's ... Belém include Vasco da Gama, who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, and Ferdinand ...
"Remembering Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator; he arrived in Cochin ...where he died and was first buried". On Tuesday, it will be 500 years since the man who discovered the sea route to India ...
Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal at the site before embarking on their famous journey to India in 1498 ... Half Day Tuk Tuk Tour of Lisbon - Local Overview (4667 ...
Vasco da Gama is the navigator who connected India with Europe by charting a longer but safer route for ships, avoiding the dangers of the Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula, according to ...
Vasco da Gama was on a world exploration tour that took him round the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of South Africa before landing in Malindi and eventually India in the 1490s. On arrival in Malindi ...