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Vasco da Gama

  • 20 May 1498

    After decades of failed attempts to reach the Indies, Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India.

  • 16 Dec 1497

    Vasco da Gama became the first European to sail along Africa's East Coast.

  • 8 Jul 1497

    Navigator Vasco da Gama of Portugal started his first voyage.