Vasco da Gama's historic voyage from Portugal to India in 1497–1499 established the first direct sea route between Europe and ...

Have you ever wondered what stories hide behind a single date? Every day has a history. July 8 is no exception. Let's peek into its past. On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon. His ...

But that silver coin -- forged in 1499, after da Gama's first voyage to India -- helps date the wreckage. Archaeologists been excavating the site for three years, uncovering thousands of artefacts ...

WE are assembled this evening to commemorate one of the greatest events in the history of the world—the discovery of the ocean route to India by the Portuguese. Vasco da Gama completed the ...

The wreck is believed to be that of the Esmeralda, which was part of a fleet led by legendary Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama during his second voyage to India (1502-1503).

The navigational device came from the wreckage of a ship in the Portuguese armada that had been part of explorer Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India from 1502 to 1503.

Marine archaeologists say they've found the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's brutal second armada to ...

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama found a sea route to India in 1498, becoming the first European to reach Asia by sea and ushering in an era of Portuguese imperialism.