Vasco da Gama

provides basic facts about the life Vasco da Gama:  Nationality - Portuguese  Lifespan - 1469 - 1524  Family - Father was Estevao da Gama a Portuguese noble and Courtier  Education - Well educated befitting his status  Career - Explorer and Navigator

East, assumed to be impossible feat as it was believed that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas  Facts, Timeline & History about the life of Vasco da Gama - Explorer and Navigator The following are additional facts and a timeline about the life and history of Vasco da Gama:  Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Province of Alemtejo, Portugal  He came from a noble Portuguese family and his father was a distinguished soldier who attended the Portuguese court  Vasco da Gama was well educated as befitted his status and would have been taught several languages, physics, geometry, mathematics and astronomy  1492 King John II of Portugal sent Vasco da Gama to Setubal, on the Lisbon coast, to seize French ships in retaliation for French raids against Portuguese ships  1497 January the command of an expedition to find a sea route to the East Indies was given to Vasco da Gama  1497 July 8  Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon under the leadership of the three da Gama bothers: Vasco, Paulo, and Nicolao Coelho accompanied by crews of about one hundred and fifty men  Four ships were in the fleet led by Vasco de Gama  The Sao Gabriel which da Gama commanded  The Sao Rafael  The Berrio