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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama canonical | 71 |
| da Gama | 2 |
| Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama | 1 |
| Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vasco da Gama Context triple: [Age of Exploration, hasKeyExplorer, Vasco da Gama]
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A.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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B.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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C.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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D.
Francis Drake
Francis Drake was a 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and navigator best known for circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish possessions during the Age of Exploration.
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E.
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vasco da Gama Target entity description: 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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A.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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B.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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C.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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D.
Francis Drake
Francis Drake was a 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and navigator best known for circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish possessions during the Age of Exploration.
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E.
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese nobleman
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| appointedBy |
King John III of Portugal
ⓘ
King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cochin
ⓘ
Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| dateOfBirth |
c. 1460
ⓘ
c. 1469 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 24 December 1524 ⓘ |
| employer | Portuguese Crown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Portuguese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Vasco da Gama
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
da Gama
|
| fullName | Vasco da Gama self-link ⓘ |
| givenName |
CR Vasco da Gama
ⓘ
surface form:
Vasco
|
| hasPartInName | Gama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovering the sea route from Europe to India around the Cape of Good Hope
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Portuguese Navy ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
Age of Exploration ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Vidigueira ⓘ |
| notableWork | First Portuguese India Armada ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
ⓘ
naval commander ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alentejo
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
Sines ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cochin
ⓘ
India ⓘ Goa ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese India
|
| positionHeld |
Admiral of the Seas of Arabia, Persia, India and all the Orient
ⓘ
Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira