Vasco-da-Gama

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Viceroy_of_Portuguese_India
1524
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sines,_Portugal
gptkbp:birthYear c. 1460
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Francis_Church,_Kochi
Vidigueira, Portugal
gptkbp:children gptkb:Cristóvão_da_Gama
gptkb:Estêvão_da_Gama
gptkb:Paulo_da_Gama
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_Tower
Vasco da Gama Garden (Macau)
Vasco da Gama crater on the Moon
Vasco da Gama football club (Brazil)
Vasco da Gama football club (India)
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cochin,_Portuguese_India
gptkbp:deathYear 1524
gptkbp:expeditionYear 1497
1499
gptkbp:father gptkb:Estêvão_da_Gama
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vasco-da-Gama
gptkbp:knownFor first European to reach India by sea
voyage to India (1497–1499)
gptkbp:legacy helped establish Portuguese colonial empire in Asia
opened maritime trade between Europe and Asia
gptkbp:monarchServed gptkb:John_III_of_Portugal
gptkb:Manuel_I_of_Portugal
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Isabel_Sodré
gptkbp:nationality Portuguese
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:routeDiscovered sea route from Europe to India around the Cape of Good Hope
gptkbp:signature Vasco da Gama signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catarina_de_Ataíde
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous statues and monuments in Portugal and India
The Lusiads (epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões)
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_Vidigueira
gptkb:Admiral_of_the_Seas_of_India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mysore_Railway_Station
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7