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Jayne, Vasco da Gama and His Successors (1910, repr. The fleet sailed south down the coast of Africa, then storms took the ships of their course and they did not see land for 96 days This can be compared with Columbus who had been 33 days at sea. Corrêa, The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama and His Viceroyalty (1869, repr. Stock Photo - Sketch map illustrating Vasco Da Gamas Voyages The dotted line indicates the first voyage to India in 1497 From The Great Explorers Columbus and. da Gama’s first voyage Vasco da Gamas first expedition set off on 8 July 1497 from Lisbon. See A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1898), the journal of one of Gama's subordinates G. Gama's voyage is the subject of Camões's epic The Lusiads. In 1524 he was sent back to India as viceroy, but he died soon after his arrival. He was harsh in his methods and was not as good an administrator as many of the Portuguese captains who later went to the East, but he was the first, and he was honored with many tributes and the title of count of Vidigueria. With this force he attempted to establish Portuguese power in Indian waters and sought to secure the submission of a number of chiefs on the African coast. Gama dictated the instructions for Cabral's voyage (1500–1502) to India, and in 1502 he himself led a fleet of 20 ships on his second India voyage. Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer, his first voyage from Lisbon around Africa to India, discovery of the sea route through the. This voyage opened up a way for Europe to reach the wealth of the Indies, and immediately Portugal gained great riches from the spice trade out of it ultimately grew the Portuguese Empire. On his first voyage (1498-99), he arrived in Calicut on May 20, 1498. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. Early depictions of Vasco da Gama a map showing his route on his voyages see. With four vessels, he rounded the Cape of Good Hope, passed the easternmost point reached by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488, continued up the east coast of Africa to Malindi, and sailed across the uncharted Indian Ocean to Calicut. Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His epochal voyage (1497–99) was made at the order of Manuel I. väsh´kō dä gä´mə, c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India.