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He was born on the 28 of May 1460 in Sines Portugal
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When da Gama joins the Order of Santiago and is an invaluable of it he gets lots of respect, to the orders luck King John II of Portugal
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The French government disrupts Portuguese shipping, and King John II sends Vasco da Gama to retaliate. Da Gama travels first to Lisbon and then to the Algarve region of Portugal, where he seizes French ships. His reputation as a fierce sailor and warrior increases.
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King Manuel of Portugal commissions da Gama to lead an expedition to find a sea route to India. The king hopes to find lucrative markets and to exploit existing Asian commercial networks.
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Da Gama and his crew land in Mozambique, an Islamic city-state on the east coast of Africa. Da Gama attempts an audience with the sultan, but he offers only limited gifts and the local population forces him to leave.
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Da Gama and his crew set sail for Europe, bearing spices and the news of their discovery. Along the way they are caught in a monsoon and several crewmembers die of scurvy. Da Gama is forced to reduce his fleet by burning one of his ships.
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Da Gama lands in Calicut, India, and the local Hindu ruler welcomes da Gama and his crew. The Portuguese mistakenly believe the residents are Christians, as they have never heard of Hinduism. The crew remains for three months, but the local Muslims traders refuse to allow them to barter freely.
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Accompanied by only 54 of his original 170 crew members, da Gama arrives back in Portugal. The Portuguese government treats da Gama as a hero and immediately sends another group of ships back to India to establish a Portuguese trading post.
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Da Gama dies in Cochin, India after contracting malaria. His body is eventually returned to Portugal for burial in 1539.
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