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He was made Admiral Of India and given pensions for life. Da Gama became the first sailor to sail all the way to India from Portugal.

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He thought he came from a military family.

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Born in 1460 in sines, a coastal town near portugal.

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He was hard working and not afraid of hardship.

In his early twenties he became captain of his ship.

Studied mathematics and navigation.