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Sailed to the Americas in 1492 in search of a sea route to Asia.  He was sponsored by Spain and claimed each of the islands he encountered as Spanish. The reason that Spain, and other European nations, were searching for non-land routes to Asia was...

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Columbus' letter was intended for the King and Queen

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In Columbus' letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, his purpose is to inform them of his discoveries.

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In 1948, traveled to Calicut, a global trade route of

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Anyone know who the intended audience is?

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Vasco de Gama travelled to Calicut in search for Christianity and spices. (1498) Then he traveled to mee the King asking to be discovered. When he arrived in Calicut, he made and effort to associate with the Portueguese.

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It was written to be informative, because he was telling about his travels an discoveries.

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In this source, the information is presented through an unknown man who was writing in his journal during the trip to India. He was Portuguese and was on the same voyage as Vasco da Gama. The way he saw things was through Portuguese eyes and was a bit more biased to his side. He still, however, gave enough information that we could decipher other view points. This point of view was also spanned over about 3 months, so everyone’s actions happened at different times.

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Da Gama had a voyage to Calicut in search for Christianity and spices during 1498. They did not sought for gold or silver. They were pleased to see the people in Calicut, and offered presents to their king, basically making efforts to them.

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From the perspective of a Portuguese crewman aboard one of De Gama’s ships, who likely accompanied him when he left the ship (as the journal records events that occurred off-ship)

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Vasco de Gama sailed with four small portuguese fleet across the Indian Ocean,eventually he arrived at the port of Calicut. This marked the first direct entry made by Europeans into the network of Indian Ocean Commerce.

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In 1498 de gama arrived in Calicut. This was a major milestone for Europe. This journal was written by his assistant, whose name is not known. They were looking for riches and Christians. Only one of those were found. They thought it was mainly Christian because of a missionary that was sent there years before. He was in India, but he was in the southernmost part.

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In May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama led a small fleet of four ships across the Indian Ocean, which arrived at the South Indian city of Calicut. This source was written by a unnamed person who sailed with Gama and wrote down what happened between Gama and other area of trade.

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To potentially find a faster more sufficient route to Asia without having to encounter obstacles like bandits, thing being stolen from them, etc..

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This was written to inform others on what he discovered while on his voyage.

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In Columbus’s letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, his point of view is of an explorer in a foreign land. He found more land, and learned more about the area. He was around potentially dangerous people and wanted their goods.

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Calicut, India was a port city that is considered a first entry to trade along the Indian Ocean commerce.

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Vasco da Gama lee a small fleet of four ships around the South Indian port city of Calicut. This was the first direct entry of Europeans into the network of Indian Ocean commerce (spices,gemstones, and luxury goods).

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In 1498, Vasco Da Gama traveled across the Indian Ocean in a small fleet of ships. He represented Portugal as he traveled in search of spices, gemstones, and other luxury goods while looking for Christianity.

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Vasco da Gama led a small Portuguese fleet of four ships around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa in 1498. Their encounter and stay lasted three months, and the journal of the voyage was written by an unknown author.

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One motivation to write this may have been to inform Portuguese back home of the events that transpired during their voyage, and what they saw.

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Columbus was writing about his voyage across the ocean and he was explaining what had happened when he encountered other people, the things he got when going across the ocean and eventually getting to the islands, etc.

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This journal was published to inform others of Da Gama’s first journey.

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The journal was likely recorded for Portuguese leaders back in Portugal

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The purpose of writing this is to inform people about his voyage and what he found and encountered.

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The journal was most likely intended for the King and Queen, being that he was describing his voyages and and one point he meets with the King.

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The reason for writing the journal entry was to document the arrival of the Portuguese in a foreign land and inform of the findings.

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The point of view of the document is from the Portuguese, specifically from the unknown author, but mostly in the point of view of the entire group of voyagers who went with da Gama

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In May 1498, Vasco De Gama took a small fleet of four ships and traveled to Calicut, the most prominent of coastal southwestern Indian states, to discover and convert people to Christianity and buy and sell resources specific to the Indian Ocean trade area.

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The journal seems to be intended for the British scholars because the source was by E.G. Ravenstein and was published in London: Hakluyt Society, 1898).

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The journal was most likely intended to show the Portuguese leaders what Vasco da Gama was thinking as he dealt with the foreign leaders and the behaviors of the people in India.

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I find that the point of view had a major impact on the documents. In the journal These guys thought these people were Christians, so they thought the king and people were being rude.

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The journal entry was written from the standpoint of the Portuguese sailors entering Calicut, focusing on da Gama's interactions with two Muslims and the king.

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The purpose to write this was to inform people about his travels and what he encountered.

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The journal was likely written to keep a record of events that transpired during Da Gama’s voyages.

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De Gama wanted to write this to provide a detailed image of what happened during his journey across the Indian Ocean.

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Columbus sailed across the ocean in search of a new route to Asia.

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This was to inform Vasco Da Gama’s first voyage to trade with other countries.

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The journal was intended to show how the Indian leaders and people acted as he traveled to Calicut

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The journal written was more of a 3rd person point of view of the whole Christian Portuguese crew that traveled to Calicut