Gama, Vasco da
Portuguese explorer
1495 - Appointed as governor of the Order of St. James
1498 - Led 1st expedition successfully to sail from Europe around Cape of Good Hope to Asia, leaving from Lisbon
1497 - Arrived at Calcutta
1497 - 1499 - Discovered India
1502 - Founded Portuguese colony in Mozambique
1503-1507 - Returned from India and around , Vasco da Gama was transferred to the Order of Christ, under the governorship of King Emmanuel I himself, in what can be seen as a means of solving his disputes with the Order of St. James over the lordship of Sines or as a sign of promotion.
1524 - Died on Christmas eve in Cochin, India.
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