Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. In an epic voyage, he sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and succeeded in breaking the monopoly of Arab and ...

Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.

The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya may have been from legendary explorer Vasco da Gama’s final voyage ...

but it's thought to be part of ancient navigational device called an astrolabe -- and it could once have been used by the legendary explorer Vasco da Gama. For those who don't remember their ...

A study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology suggests that the wreckage could be part of Vasco da Gama's final voyage. If confirmed, the sunken vessel would be one of the earliest ...