In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India
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Jeopary Questions page 2075 - APPROBATION - TriviaBistro.com  EXPLORATION: In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India  ANIMATION: Kenny gets killed on nearly every episode of...
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The Spice politick - Colaco.net  It was fortunate to have the technical services of the Portuguese, Arabs and Jews especially ... Spices were available in the east.......in Zanzibar and India among other places. ... Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa in an attempt to get to India. .... da Gama by providing him with an Arab pilot for the onward journey to India.
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Pedro lvares Cabral - Wikipedia  Pedro lvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and ... Although the previous expedition of Vasco da Gama to India, on its sea route, ... of a Portuguese Empire that would stretch from the Americas to the Far East. ... awarded him an annual allowance worth 30,000 reais on 12 April 1497.
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Portuguese exploration of Africa - Wikipedia  The geography of North Africa has been reasonably well known since classical antiquity in ... The West African coast was explored by Hanno the Navigator in an .... But the Portuguese wanted, above anything else, to find a route to India and kept trying to ... In this town, he recruited an Arab pilot and set sail directly to Calicut.
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BBC - History - British History in depth: Vasco da Gama  Feb 17, 2011 ... Vasco da Gama's pioneering sea voyage to India is one of the ... To complement the sea voyages of Diaz, the Portuguese monarch King ... of the east African and Indian coasts during his three-year journey. .... da Gama recruited a knowledgeable and efficient pilot, possibly the .... Privacy  Accessibility Help.
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World Book Student | Print - World Book Online  In 1497, King Manuel I of Portugal asked da Gama to find a sea route to India by sailing around Africa. The king ... Da Gama arrived in Lisbon in September 1499. King Manuel rewarded him and gave him the title of Admiral of the Sea of India.
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Christopher Columbus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  Once established in Madeira, he sailed with the Portuguese as far as Mina ... Columbus submitted his plan for a voyage of discovery to the Portuguese king. ... In 1485 or 1486 Columbus moved to Spain, but little is known of his activities there. .... south, convinced that he would soon reach the long-sought passage to India.
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Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 - Internet History ...  The captain-major [i.e., da Gama speaking in the third person] sent Pero d'Alenquer ... All this happened because we looked upon these people as men of little spirit, ... at its mouth, enters about six leagues into the land. 1498. Calicut. [Arrival.] ... from home, and he told them that we came in search of Christians and of spices.
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Vasco da Gama on Tripline  A mission to reach India, and to find an open sea route from Europe to the East. Vasco da Gama had a fleet of four vessels and 148 men. ... Thu, Apr 07, 1498. 9 ... from home, and he told them that we came in search of Christians and of spices. ... When Da Gama arrived at Lisbon about 1 year after leaving, the Portuguese...
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the discovery of ceylon by the portuguese in 1506 - JStor  Goa [!], under command of his son, Lorenzone], to intercept .... On 25 March 1505, D. Francisco de Almeida set sail ... historians of such a ship ; while, on the other hand, Barros (I. ix. iv.) ..... Gabriel must have reached Lisbon not later than the beginning ... since the viceroy's fleet, as we have seen, did not reach Anjadiva until.
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Bartolomeu Dias - Wikipedia  Bartolomeu Dias a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian ... Dias' ship So Cristvo was piloted by Pro de Alenquer. ... It was only on the return voyage that he actually discovered the Cape of Good Hope,...
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Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia  Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to ... Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was significant and opened .... Within a few years, Gomes' captains expanded Portuguese knowledge ... soon after, when John II's captain Bartolomeu Dias returned from rounding...
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Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia  Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India (14971499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, ... Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was significant and opened the way for an age of global...
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European Exploration after 1400  European knowledge of Asia gained during the Crusades was extended by the ... Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in 1497-98, Christopher Columbus's first ... His voyage opened the first all-water trade route between Europe and Asia.
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Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer | Britannica.com  Jan 14, 2016 ... Master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (149293, ... Italian explorer ... Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World, 1492. ... He has long been called the discoverer of the New World, although ... de Harana of Crdoba, by whom he had his second son, Ferdinand (born c. 1488)...
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History of Portugal (14151578) - Chronology of The Portuguese ...  1412  Prince Henry, the Navigator, orders the first expeditions to the African ... 1427  Diogo de Silves discovered the Azores, which was colonized in 1431 by ... Returning from India, Vasco da Gama discovers the Amirante Islands (Seychelles). ... Portuguese sailors become the first Europeans to reach Madagascar.
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Vasco da Gama - Exploration - HISTORY.com  By the time Vasco da Gama returned from his first voyage to India in 1499, he had ... In 1497, John's successor, King Manuel I (crowned in 1495), chose da Gama to lead ... Da Gama sailed from Lisbon that July with four vessels, traveling south along the ... The fleet was finally able to round the Cape of Good Hope at Africa's...
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Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia  The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Imprio Portugus), also known as the Portuguese ... Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and the Atlantic ..... of the native kingdom ruled by Zamorins) in south-western India in May 1498. ..... 8 February 1611), formerly the Dutch secretary of the Archbishop of Goa, had...
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Vasco da Gama reaches India - May 20, 1498 - HISTORY.com  May 20, 1989 ... With the aid of an Indian merchant he met there, he then set off across the Indian Ocean. .... A Pakistan Airways Boeing 707 arriving from Pakistan crashes upon ... Columbus was the first European to explore the Americas since the .... the village of Festubert, located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
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Vasco da Gama's Voyage of 'Discovery' 1497 | South African History ...  Jun 14, 2013 ... Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. ... as it was during this expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew landed in South Africa. ... The Portuguese expedition set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a ... From Malindi the ships sailed for Calicut in India and anchored on the...
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Bartolomeu Dias - Exploration - HISTORY.com  In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. ... Dias' ships rounded the perilous Cape of Good Hope and then sailed ... A major maritime victory for Portugal, Dias' breakthrough opened the door to increased trade with India and other Asian ... In August 1487, Dias' trio of ships departed from the port of Lisbon, Portugal.