On his return to Portugal, he was granted further revenues and privileges. 1502: King Manuel I of Portugal sent him on another voyage to India.He was declared as the ‘Admiral of the Indian Ocean’. 1499: In the month of September, Gama returned to Portugal.On October 5th, he started his journey back to Portugal. On May 20th, he arrived at Calicut, India. Gama’s ships landed in Mozambique, an African country. 1498: In the month of January, he reached the mouth of Zambezi.He sailed around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and reached the coast of Natal. His expedition was led by the three Gama brothers, namely Paulo, Vasco and Nicolao. Gama voyaged to find a sea route to East Indies. In July 1467, he sailed from Port Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal with his 4 ships, under the order of King Manuel I. 1497: He took the command of that expedition when his father died.1492: King John Paul II of Portugal sent Vasco Da Gama to Setubal, on the Lisbon coast to seize the French ships that were engaged in raiding the Portuguese ships.His career as an explorer started when his father was selected to lead a voyage to open the sea route to Asia. Vasco Da Gama was well-educated and learned various languages, mathematics, geometry, physics and astronomy. His father was a member of the household of Prince Dom Fernando – master of the Order of St James. Estevao Da Gama and Isabel Sodre were his parents. 1460: Vasco Da Gama was born to a noble Portuguese family in Sines, Portugal.
Given below is the timeline of Vasco Da Gama, which narrates some significant events in his life. He played a significant role in the defense of the Portuguese-held territories on the West African coast as well as Setubal and Algarve coastal area against the French incursions.
At the age of 23, he became a naval officer. At the age of 15, he became a sailor and studied navigation and astronomy at Evora. Very less information is available about his early childhood or adolescence, except that he grew up in a maritime environment and learned swimming, fishing and sailing in very early years of life.
He was successful in breaking the monopoly of the Arab and Venetian spice traders. In this epic voyage, he sailed around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. He achieved tremendous popularity when he explored the first water trade route between Europe and India. Vasco Da Gama was one of the most successful Portuguese explorers in the European Age of Discovery.
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