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Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama
Personal information
Birth date1460 or 1469
Place of birthSines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal
Date of death24 December 1524 (aged 54-64)
Death placeKochi, India
OccupationExplorer, Governor of Portuguese India

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Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (-ptˈvaʃku dɐ ˈɡɐmɐ) (c. 1460 or 1469 - 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy.


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