Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who pioneered the sea route from Europe to India, becoming one of the most significant explorers of the Age of Exploration.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Portuguese nobleman
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explorer → human → navigator → |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Portugal
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| appointedBy |
King John III of Portugal
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King Manuel I of Portugal → |
| burialPlace |
Cochin
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Jerónimos Monastery → Lisbon → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Portugal
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| dateOfBirth |
c. 1460
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c. 1469 → |
| dateOfDeath |
24 December 1524
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| employer |
Portuguese Crown
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| ethnicGroup |
Portuguese
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| familyName |
da Gama
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| fullName |
Vasco da Gama
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| givenName |
Vasco
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| hasPartInName |
Gama
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| knownFor |
discovering the sea route from Europe to India around the Cape of Good Hope
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first voyage to India (1497–1499) → leading the first direct sea voyage from Europe to India → second voyage to India (1502–1503) → third voyage to India (1524) → |
| languageSpoken |
Portuguese
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| mannerOfDeath |
natural causes
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| militaryBranch |
Portuguese Navy
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| movement |
Age of Discovery
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Age of Exploration → |
| nativeLanguage |
Portuguese
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| nobleTitle |
Count of Vidigueira
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| notableWork |
First Portuguese India Armada
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| occupation |
explorer
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naval commander → navigator → |
| placeOfBirth |
Alentejo
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Kingdom of Portugal → Sines → |
| placeOfDeath |
Cochin
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India → Portuguese India → |
| positionHeld |
Admiral of the Seas of Arabia, Persia, India and all the Orient
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Viceroy of Portuguese India → |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| significantEvent |
helped establish the Portuguese colonial empire in Asia
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opened a direct maritime trade route between Europe and Asia → reached Calicut, India, in May 1498 → rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 → |