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Vasco de Gama

Portugal : European Travellor

Birth : 1469       Death : 1524

Vasco de Gama was the first European travellor to reach India through searoute. He holds the distinction of being the first person in discovering convenient sea-route for carrying out trade with India. Such an attempt had also been made by a Portuguese earlier, but he could not return to his country alive. Vasco de gama was keen to become a great and successful navigator like his contemporaries. The Portuguese navigators had set up their own colonies at a number of African sea coasts by annexing them. The Portuguese King Emanuel extended all the required help to Vasco de Gama in this task, and provided him with four ships and more than hundred navigators and asked him to proceed to India. Vasco de Gama could not find any sea-shore even after roaming about the sea for three months. But he was not a man to be defeated. Ultimately, he managed to reach a place called Calicut in May 1498, .Which is situated along the sea-coast of Arabian sea. He was happy that after facing hardships and loosing many of his colleagues, he succeeded in finding out a new route to India. The Portuguese colony in India was set up only after Vasco de Gama’s visit to Calicut. Having undergone so much trouble, when he reached back Lisbon, he had lost more than half the strength of the navigators, but as he had carried his ships loaded with Indian spies, he was given a rousing welcome.

Vasco de Gama was born in. Venice, city of North-East Italy. He has himself written the memories of his important exploration.