Vasco da Gama
c. 1460 – 24 December 1524
Portuguese explorer who commanded the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India around the Cape of Good Hope.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Vasco da Gama.
- Askia Muhammad I (1443–1538) Overlapped 64 years →
- Josquin des Prez (1450–1521) Overlapped 61 years →
- Ravidas (1450–1520) Overlapped 60 years →
- Piri Reis (1465–1553) Overlapped 59 years →
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Overlapped 59 years →
- Erasmus (1466–1536) Overlapped 58 years →
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Reached Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India
20 May 1498
The voyage opened the sea route that broke the overland monopoly on the spice trade.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India
1524
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