1502 Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.

In the olden days, explorers like Vasco da Gama and Columbus had the good fortune to open up the terrestrial globe.

The Vasco da Gama Tower (, ) is a 145 m lattice tower with skyscraper in Lisbon, Portugal, built over the Tagus river.

It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil.

It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who was the first European to arrive in India by sail, in 1498.

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (, Vasco da Gama Rowing Club ), usually known as Vasco da Gama, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India and brought economic prosperity to Portugal and its population of 1.7 million residents, helping to start the Portuguese Renaissance.

In 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India, and from that date the primary route of goods from the Orient was through the Atlantic ports of Lisbon, Seville, Nantes, Bristol, and London.

In 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India, and from that date the primary route of goods from the Orient was through the Atlantic ports of Lisbon, Seville, Nantes, Bristol, and London.

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean in 1513 after crossing the Isthmus of Panama, and Juan Díaz de Solís died in Río de la Plata in 1516 while exploring South America in the service of Spain.

The King was keen to curry favour with the Pope, to maintain the papal grants of exclusive possession to the new lands that his naval forces had been exploring in the Far East since Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India around Africa in 1498.

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