Talk:Vasco da Gama

Da Gama was born in sines. portugal. He probably attened school in the town of euora. As a young man, vaso learned astronomy and navigation. Da gama became a naval offical in 1492 and commanded ships along the coast of portugal. Another portuguese sea captain, Bartolomev pias, had discovered a route around the southern tip of Africa in 1488.He had sailed around the cape of good hope. In 1497, king Manuel 1 of portugal asked da gama to find a sea route to india by sailing around Africa. The king wanted Da gama to establish trade with india. Da gama's father had been chosen to lead the expedition, but he died before the plans were completed.

<indent>some say that he mystically disapeared and is still living to this day, they say that he is running our central government.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.138.204.2 (talk • contribs) 16.35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

VOYAGE TO INDIA

Da gama commanded three ships,including the Berrio, the saint Gabriel and the saint Raphael. He had a total crew of about 170 men. His navigational equipment called an astroble, an astronomical charts.

Da gama sailed from Lisbon, portugal, on july8, 1497. He rounded the cape of good hope on november 22, headed north, and stopped at trading centers that are now mocambique, mozamibiqueve and mombasa hated the portuguese and tried to seize their ships. The people at malindi were friendlier are arranged for a guide to lead the fleet to india.

On May 20, 1498, da gama reached calicut, india. But the indian ruler felt insulted because they thought the giftsda gama brought him were of little value. In addition, muslims merchants controlled trade in calicut and represented Europeean interference in their business. The continuely threatened the portuguese and would not trade with them.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.30.175.59 (talk • contribs) 13.53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

"The violence and hostage-taking employed by da Gama and those who followed also assigned a brutal reputation to the Portuguese among India's indigenous kingdoms that would set the pattern for western colonialism in the Age of Exploration"

this is very inflamatory and doesn't have any explanation of this supposed violence. 158.162.139.49 (talk) 17:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

That content has a citation to a source, but no page number, and I have not found a copy of the book accessible on-line to verify the content. I have tagged the citation as needing a full citation. Hopefully, someone has access to the book and can see how much of the comment in our article is supported by the book. The question of whether that content is neutral and due is up for discussion, but, without access to the cited source, I am not ready to comment on that. Donald Albury 19:50, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 March 2023

Vasco Da Gama had 4 voyages to India 14.202.240.229 (talk) 07:12, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Not done. What do you want to add to this article? The instructions ask you to provide specific text that you want to change or add to the article. In this case, you would also need to provide citations to reliable sources supporting the content. - Donald Albury 13:30, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2023

He is born on 1460 2405:201:6:BE8C:3AF8:DF2:D282:AA72 (talk) 04:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 05:45, 29 April 2023 (UTC)