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Vasco da Gama (about 1460 (1469) – 1524) – traveler, the first European who visited India.497 Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon with an expedition of 3 ships in India. He walked around Africa, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope, then around Africa to the East. In Mozambique, the hikers joined the Arab Ahmad Ibn Majid helped the expedition should go directly to the Indian subcontinent, no more sailing along the coast of Africa. May 20, 1498, in the biography of Vasco da Gama, an important event happened. His squadron reached the port of Calicut. Then, embarking spices, went in the opposite way. The expedition arrived home in 1499, and brought Vasco da Gama not only the glory, and monetary reward. For his biography Vasco da Gama was in India three times. In 1519 the famous traveler became the owner of the Ducal title. Died Vasco da Gama 24 December 1524 in the Indian city of Cochin