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Vasco Da Gama was born in 1460. He was born into a noble  and humble family. His parents were Isabel Sodre and Estevao Da Gama. Vasco was the third son of his father. Not much is known about Vasco’s childhood but it is known that he was good at mathletics.

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He became friends with the prince and then over the years the prince became the king. This gave Vasco Da Gama chances to explore. Over the years the the king wanted to begin trading with countries in the east such as China and India. The king selected Vasco to find a route to the East countries by sea.

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This is the route that Vasco Da Gama’s took for his first voyage.

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He started his first voyage from Lisbon. He used the naval route  to South Africa. He arrived in India on 20th of March.

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When Vasco Da Gama arrived in Lisbon  from his first voyage in September he lost his crew but he was received a hero’s welcome and he was rewarded well by the king. He was also titled the Admiral of the Indian.

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1502 was when Da Gama went on his second voyage.

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He sailed to India again with 14 ships. On the way he lost at least 4 ships.

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He contracted Malaria and died on Christmas Eve on 1524.

On 1539 his remains were removed from his original place.

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Congratulations Hana! You have used your class time productively and made good use of the resources provided to create this timeline. You also successfully included the checklist items. The drawings, pictures and maps added a wonderful visual element to the overall layout. I hope you enjoyed this topic of Explorers this term and especially learning about Vasco Da Gama, as well as the Padlet App. Well done 🤩