Before Vasco da Gama set foot in India on 27 May 1498, the trade route from India to the West, known as the spice route, had to traverse tricky seas, hostile winds, perilous deserts, regions of ...

Vasco da Gama's uncle, Vicente Sodré, ignored advice from the locals about impending strong winds. His ship, which was part of five-vessel squadron, became unmoored and sank in a bay, on an island off ...

The famous voyager who blazed new trade routes to India spent most of his life in Portugal’s Alentejo region, but visitors need the persistence of an explorer to follow his trail. The church’s heavy ...

The path a nation will take – its destiny, some might say – can be strongly suggested, if not entirely dictated, by its geography. Thus Portugal, with its back to the continent to which it culturally ...

Shipwreck, believed to be a part of explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet has been discovered off Oman coast, says the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Tuesday. The shipwreck is believed to be that of the ...

Marine archaeologists say they've found the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's brutal second armada to India ...

When Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered Europe-to-India sea route in 1497, he had a Gujarati by his side to show him the way. Historians and scholars gathered at Gujarat's port town Mandvi ...

The wreck of a ship thought to be 500 years old and have links to legendary Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama has been uncovered by a recovery team. The incredible find has been made off the coast of ...

A British shipwreck hunter has discovered a 500-year-old vessel once captained by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's family. The Portuguese Esmeralda, the earliest ship from Europe's 'Age of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Marine archaeologists think they've discovered a lost Portuguese ship from explorer Vasco da Gama ...

Marine archaeologists think they've discovered a lost Portuguese ship from explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet off the coast of present-day Oman, more than 500 years after it sank in a deadly storm. A team ...