Vasco da Gama Pillar in Malindi on the Kenyan coast

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Comments

da Gama and his men erected a coral pilar here after signing a trade pack with the Shiek of Malindi.

Description

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (UK: /ˌvæskoʊ də ˈɡɑːmə/, US: /ˌvɑːskoʊ də ˈɡæmə/;^[1]^[2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco da Gama

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