The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a s... What happened? On 20 th May 1498, two years after he set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, Vasco da Gama arrived on the Western sea coast of India at Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. This was the first time that a European had arrived in India via the sea. Thus, da Gama is credited with the discovery of the sea route to India. Vasco da Gama ’s Arrival – Background Many sailors and merchants from the west had tried to discover a sea route to India, a land that was famous for spices and other riches ... CR Vasco da Gama football department was created on 6th of November 1915. Again, becoming a popular sport in Rio de Janeiro in the 1910's, the club decides to form the new department. The president of the club realized he could gather people from the Portuguese colony in the city and incorporated an already formed club called Lusitânia Sport Club. The search for trade routes Vasco da Gama 's pioneering sea voyage to India is one of the defining moments in the history of exploration. Apart from being one the greatest pieces of European ...
