Kiara and Marrin's Explorer Project

Vasco da Gama was from Sines, on the southwest coast of Portugal. He was born on 1469. When he was old enough he started to explore India, and he traveled all around. He found many different things,like new maps and treasures. Vasco mostly wanted to explore for trading jewels and spices. So back to the point Vasco da Gama set out in April 1524, with a fleet of fourteen ships and 150 men.

He had three sea voyages and on the first one Vasco left on July 8, 1497, with a fleet of four ships and a crew of 150 men. He did find what he was looking for he was looking for India. and he found it! His biggest accomplishment was that he was the first European explorer to reach India. He was known in some ports he visited in later years as the bringer of cruelty. He didn’t like to hear no for an answer, he enforced some trade decrees with violence.

This is the route of Vasco Da Gama