Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor ... Da Gama’s fleet sailed for 23 days before landing at Calicut, India, (modern-day Kozhikode) on May 20, 1498. The Europeans assumed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The recent discovery of a Portuguese shipwreck in Malindi, Kenya, could be a galleon from Vasco da Gama’s last voyage,” scientists wrote in the latest study, published in the Journal of ...