Wie bereikte als eerste indie?

Vasco da Gama (Sines, Portugal; 1460 of 1469 – Cochin, Portugees-Indië; 24 december 1524) was een Portugese ontdekkingsreiziger en de leider van de eerste expeditie van Portugal naar India.

Welke landen heeft de VOC ontdekt?

De compagnie dreef handel met verschillende Aziatische landen, zoals het latere Nederlands-Indië (Indonesië), de kaapkolonie (Zuid-Afrika), Ceylon (Sri-Lanka) en Japan. Ze verhandelde producten zoals specerijen, koffie, textiel en porselein.

Portugese ontdekkingsreiziger. Leider van de voor zover bekend eerste Europese expeditie over zee naar India. Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) Vasco da Gama wordt in 1469 geboren in het Portugese dorpje Sines.

What did Vasco da Gama do in India?

Portuguese explorer. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.

Was Vasco da Gama disappointed with the Prester?

If (Vasco) da Gama and his men, weighed down by centuries of collective European curiosity and imagination, anticipated the legendary Prester as they stepped on to the shores of Kerala in India, they were somewhat disappointed.

How was the vessel named after Vasco da Gama identified?

The vessel was identified through such artifacts as a “Portuguese coin minted for trade with India (one of only two coins of this type known to exist) and stone cannonballs engraved with what appear to be the initials of Vincente Sodré, da Gama’s maternal uncle and the commander of the Esmeralda .” ^ Wells, John C. (2008).

Who was Vasco da Gama’s crew?

On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than around the equator. The navigators included Portugal’s most experienced, Pero de Alenquer, Pedro Escobar, João de Coimbra, and Afonso Gonçalves.