gama, vasco da

A brief biography of the fifteen-century European explorer, Vasco de Gama, who opened up trade between Europe and India.

Shares the life of the Portuguese explorer who became the first person to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route.

A dramatization that examines the explorations of the Prince Henry the Navigator, whose voyages took him to the African coastal regions; Bartolomeo Dias, who sailed around the southern tip of Africa; and Vasco da Gama, who sailed to India.

In 1490s Portugal, Abel Zakuto, a Jewish banker with a keen interest in mapmaking and sea navigation, encourages explorers Magellan, da Gama, and Diaz to find the elusive sea route around the "Devil's Cave"--the Cape of Good Hope--to India, which would enable Portugal to dominate the spice trade.

Discusses the travels of Vasco da Gama and other Portugese explorers who helped establish an extensive empire for their country.

Provides insights into the explorations of the Portuguese through dramatized interviews with Prince Henry the Navigator, a leader who inspired voyages to the African coast and other uncharted regions of the world; Bartolomeo Dias, who sailed around the southern tip of Africa; and Vasco da Gama, explorer of the Indies.

A biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, describes how he replaced his deceased father on a mission to India and became the first to find a direct route to Asia via the Cap of Good Hope.

Presents a comprehensive study of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama, and describes his quest to find a sea route to the East Indies and the beginning of the European trade route.

Examines the voyage of discovery undertaken by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in the fifteenth century in an attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa in search of India and the Spice Islands.