Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama (1469? − 24 December 1524) wis a Portuguese sailor. He wis the first European that gaed ti Indie aboot the Cape o Guid Howp, the sooth tip o Africae. He gaed ti Indie twice bi ship, atween 1497 an 1499.

His Lairdship The Coont o Vidigueira Admiral o the Seas o Arabie, Persie, Indie an Aw Orients
Viceroy o Portuguese Indie
In office 5 September 1524 – 24 December 1524
Monarch	John III o Portugal
Precedit bi	Duarte de Menezes
Succeedit bi	Henrique de Menezes
Personal details
Born	1460 or 1469 Sines, Alentejo, Kinrick o Portugal
Dee'd	24 December 1524 (aged c. 55–65) Kochi, Portuguese Indie
Restin place	Monastery o the Hieronymites, Lisbon, Portugal
Spoose(s)	Catarina de Ataíde
Bairns	Francisco da Gama, 2nt Coont o Vidigueira Estêvão da Gama, Viceroy o Indie Cristóvão da Gama, Caiptain o Malacca Amang others
Mither	Isabel Sodré
Faither	Estêvão da Gama
Thrift	Explorer, Viceroy o Indie
Religion	Roman Catholic
Signatur

On 8 Julie 1497, fower ships (the São Gabriel, the São Rafael, the Berrio, an a bairge that's name isna kent) sailed frae Lisbon an his first trip ti Indie stairtit. Afore him naebodie haed raxed Sooth Africae. Wi Christenmas near, thay gied the coast thay war passin the name o Natal (Christenmas in Portuguese), that it aye haes til this day. Bi Januar thay haed raxed the laund nou kent as Mozambique, Arab-controlled laund on the East Africae coast that wis pairt o the Indie Ocean's netwark o troke. Haein gotten that faur, da Gama coud uise a pilot at Malindi, that brocht the expedeetion the lave o the gate ti Calicut (the Malayalam name is Kozhikode) on the soothwast coast o Indie on 20 Mey 1498. He wun back ti Portugal in September 1499.