Vasco da Gama, a 15th Century Portugese explorer, the first European to navigate the sea route to India (1497-1499), the return route later traveled by Ganda in 1515.


Vasco da Gama
João Cardini (primeira metade do. sséculo XIX)
Português navegador e explorador
circa 1811
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

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