On 20 May 1498, Vasco da Gama stepped onto a quiet beach near Calicut—and nothing in Indian history was the same again. US Judge Blocks Trump's Order To Bar Foreign Students' Enrolment At ...

Vasco da Gama made his arrival in India on 20 May 1498 at Kappad near Calicut. He met the local king of Calicut named King Zamorin. However, the meeting was not fruitful for Vasco da Gama in terms ...

The city is also known by its Anglicized name, Calicut. Lured by the spice trade, Phoenicians, Arabs and Chinese headed for its shores. When Vasco da Gama landed on its shores in 1498, he paved ...

Tomb of Vasco da Gama at the Jerónimos Monastery (Church ... In 1502, King Manuel I sent Vasco back to Calicut and gave him a free hand to reestablish Portuguese dominance there.

In a new study published on November 18 in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology, researchers say they believe a shipwreck discovered off the Kenyan coast could be a galleon from Portuguese explorer ...