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Da Gama was born in sines. portugal. He probably attened school in the town of euora. As a young man, vaso learned astronomy and navigation. Da gama became a naval offical in 1492 and commanded ships along the coast of portugal. Another portuguese sea captain, Bartolomev pias, had discovered a route around the southern tip of Africa in 1488.He had sailed around the cape of good hope. In 1497, king Manuel 1 of portugal asked da gama to find a sea route to india by sailing around Africa. The king wanted Da gama to establish trade with india. Da gama's father had been chosen to lead the expedition, but he died before the plans were completed.

<indent>some say that he mystically disapeared and is still living to this day, they say that he is running our central government.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.138.204.2 (talk • contribs) 16.35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

VOYAGE TO INDIA

Da gama commanded three ships,including the Berrio, the saint Gabriel and the saint Raphael. He had a total crew of about 170 men. His navigational equipment called an astroble, an astronomical charts.

Da gama sailed from Lisbon, portugal, on july8, 1497. He rounded the cape of good hope on november 22, headed north, and stopped at trading centers that are now mocambique, mozamibiqueve and mombasa hated the portuguese and tried to seize their ships. The people at malindi were friendlier are arranged for a guide to lead the fleet to india.

On May 20, 1498, da gama reached calicut, india. But the indian ruler felt insulted because they thought the giftsda gama brought him were of little value. In addition, muslims merchants controlled trade in calicut and represented Europeean interference in their business. The continuely threatened the portuguese and would not trade with them.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.30.175.59 (talk • contribs) 13.53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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He is born on 1460 2405:201:6:BE8C:3AF8:DF2:D282:AA72 (talk) 04:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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illmake this a good article because i love history Please believe me and give me editing permission 117.254.70.126 (talk) 13:45, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the First Voyage section, four famous navigators are listed, among whom a certain Afonso Gonçalves is listed. Who is this navigator and where did this information come from? I found a link to his namesake (Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia), but he lived earlier... -- Karavadgoo (talk) 16:26, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found the answer. Added reference to the article Karavadgoo (talk) 17:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]