Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, on Tuesday, said that India was discovered by a merchant named Chandan, negating the role of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.
Da Gama led two more multi-ship voyages to India in 1502 and 1524, and that final voyage’s 20-ship fleet included the São Jorge. The navigator would not return home from the third voyage: He ...
Vasco da Gama was a pioneering Portuguese explorer born in the 1460s who revolutionised maritime trade routes between Europe and India. In 1497, he became the first European to reach India by sea ...
History appears to be overlooked at St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, with no events marking 500 years since Vasco da Gama's ... years of the arrival of da Gama in India, there was strong opposition.