Vasco da Gama
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title:
Vasco da Gama
text:
D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans. This was a milestone in Portuguese maritime exploration as and marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of globalization. Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India opened the way for an age o
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Portuguese explorer of Africa and India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama
date created:
2002-03-20T09:59:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T09:09:28Z
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