Vasco da Gama

GPTKB entity
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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkb:website
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:Governor_of_Portuguese_India
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Count_of_Vidigueira_(1519)
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1460
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sines,_Portugal
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Jerónimos_Monastery,_Lisbon
gptkbp:children gptkb:Cristóvão_da_Gama
gptkb:Estêvão_da_Gama
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_(football_club)
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_(train)
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_Tower
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama_crater_(Moon)
gptkbp:deathDate 24 December 1524
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cochin,_Portuguese_India
gptkbp:diedIn malaria
gptkbp:ethnicity Portuguese
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:India
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
East Africa
gptkbp:featuredIn Os Lusíadas (epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vasco da Gama
gptkbp:knownFor first European to reach India by sea
gptkbp:language Portuguese
gptkbp:legacy helped establish Portuguese colonial empire in Asia
opened sea route from Europe to Asia
gptkbp:monarchServed gptkb:John_III_of_Portugal
gptkb:Manuel_I_of_Portugal
gptkbp:nationality Portuguese
gptkbp:notableMission first voyage to India (1497–1499)
second voyage to India (1502–1503)
third voyage to India (1524)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Admiral
gptkb:explorer
gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Estêvão_da_Gama
gptkb:Isabel_Sodré
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Duarte_de_Menezes
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Vasco da Gama signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catarina_de_Ataíde
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henrique_de_Meneses
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_Vidigueira
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4