Vasco da Gama

1460 – 1524

Completed Europe’s first direct sea voyage to India around Africa, redirecting global commerce and enabling Portuguese armed empire in the Indian Ocean.

• c. 1460–1524

  Completed Europe’s first direct sea voyage to India around Africa, redirecting global commerce and enabling Portuguese armed empire in the Indian Ocean

  Completed Europe’s first direct sea voyage to India around Africa, redirecting global commerce and enabling Portuguese armed empire in the Indian Ocean.