gama, vasco da

A brief biography of the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India.

A biography of the Portuguese explorer who opened up the lands to the east of Europe by discovering a waterway to India.

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world.

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.