Vasco da Gama is a cruise ship operated by German cruise line Nicko Cruises [de]. Completed in 1993, she previously sailed for Holland America Line as...
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D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (/ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, - ˈɡæmə/ VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December...
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Vasco da Gama (/ˌvæskoʊ də ˈɡæmə/), often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese...
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The Vasco da Gama class is a class of frigates of the Portuguese Navy. Named in honor of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the ships are based on...
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Vasco da Gama was an ironclad of the Portuguese Navy built in the 1870s by the Thames Iron Works in London. Ordered to strengthen the defenses of the...
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Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524) was a Portuguese explorer. Vasco da Gama may also refer to: Vasco da Gama, Goa, India Vasco da Gama railway station Vasco...
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the older brother of Vasco da Gama. He was a member of the first voyage from Europe to India, led by his brother, commanding the ship São Rafael, which would...
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Urumi (film) (redirect from The Boy Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama)
Urumi (also known as Urumi: The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama), is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film written by...
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The Vasco da Gama Pillar in Malindi, Kenya, was erected by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. It was constructed in 1498 or 1499 during his pioneering...
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NRP Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese frigate of the Vasco da Gama class operated by the Portuguese Navy. She was laid down by Blohm + Voss on 2 February 1989...
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Estêvão da Gama (about 1430–July 1497) was a wealthy Portuguese knight of the fifteenth century, best known as the father of explorer Vasco da Gama. Estêvão...
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placed under the command of D. Vasco da Gama, it was the fourth of some thirteen Portuguese India Armadas, was Gama's second trip to India, and was designed...
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Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India (redirect from 1st Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1497))
the Cape of Good Hope. Under the command of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, it was undertaken during the reign of King Manuel I in 1497–1499. It...
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referred to Gama as "the most chivalrous soldier of a chivalrous age". Cristóvão (or Christopher) da Gama was the son of navigator Vasco da Gama and the younger...
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The history of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama begins in 1898, the year of its foundation in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although it was an association...
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of Vasco da Gama's armada on his first voyage to India in 1497–1499. Velho indicated that the sources agreed that the armada contained four ships, but...
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CMA CGM Vasco de Gama is an Explorer-class container ship built for CMA CGM. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama. CMA CGM had originally...
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paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and the brother of Cristóvão da Gama. He commanded the fleet that entered...
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returning Vasco da Gama fleet landed on the island of Angediva, about 20 miles off the coast of Goa, Gaspar da Gama, uninvited, went on the ship of Vasco da Gama...
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L'Africaine (redirect from Vasco da Gama (opera))
events in the life of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and introduced the working title Vasco de Gama, the French version of his name. The copying...
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HMS Mounts Bay (K627) (redirect from NRP Vasco da Gama (F478))
War, and was sold to Portugal in 1961 to serve as NRP Vasco da Gama until 1971. In May 1960 the ship was decommissioned and put into Reserve at Portsmouth...
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NRP Corte-Real (F332) (category Vasco da Gama-class frigates)
NRP Corte-Real (F332) is a Vasco da Gama-class frigate operated by the Portuguese Navy. She was laid down by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft on 20 October...
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the last quarter of the 16th century. He was the grandson of Vasco da Gama. João da Gama sailed from Macau to northeast and rounded Japan by north. He...
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construction of the São Gabriel and its sister ship the São Rafael. These were two of the ships that Vasco da Gama used to sail around the Cape of Good Hope...
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Portuguese India Armadas (redirect from Carreira da Índia)
Carreira da Índia ('India Run') from Portugal, following the maritime discovery of the Cape route, to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama in 1497–99...
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(1858) Estefânia 28 (1859) Sá da Bandeira 13 (1862) Duque da Terceira 13 (1864) Vasco da Gama (1876) - a coast defence battleship Pátria Afonso de Albuquerque...
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Although Ibn Mājid was long held to have helped the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama cross from Africa to the Indian subcontinent, contemporary research...
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Os Lusíadas (category Cultural depictions of Vasco da Gama)
celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469–1524). The ten cantos of the poem are in ottava rima and total...
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MEKO 200 (section Vasco da Gama class (MEKO 200PN))
Vasco da Gama class, a development of the MEKO 200 PN German concept, are major surface ships of the Portuguese Navy. Portugal operates three ships of...
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2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-02. Bond, Mary (21 March 2018). "CMV's new ship to be re-named Vasco da Gama". www.seatrade-cruise.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03....
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