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Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Vasco_da_Gama's_first_voyage_to_India
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cargo
gptkb:cinnamon
gptkb:gold
gptkb:spice
silver
textiles
spices
gptkbp:casualties
gptkb:disease
gptkb:scurvy
combat
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama
gptkbp:crewSizeAtDeparture
170
gptkbp:crewSizeAtReturn
55
gptkbp:destination
gptkb:Calicut
gptkbp:documentedIn
Alvaro Velho
anonymous journal
gptkbp:endDate
1499
gptkbp:firstEuropeanToReachIndiaBySea
true
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
beginning of European colonialism in Asia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India
gptkbp:landedAt
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Mombasa
gptkb:Calicut
gptkb:Malindi
gptkbp:meetingPlace
gptkb:Zamorin_of_Calicut
gptkbp:notableNavigator
gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Majid
Ibn Majid (possibly)
Malindi pilot
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:ship
gptkb:Berrio
gptkb:São_Gabriel
gptkb:São_Rafael
gptkbp:origin
gptkb:Lisbon
gptkbp:purpose
find sea route to India
gptkbp:result
established Portuguese presence in Indian Ocean
gptkbp:returnToPortugal
1499
gptkbp:route
gptkb:Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkbp:shipsInFleet
4
gptkbp:significance
opened sea route from Europe to Asia
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Manuel_I_of_Portugal
gptkbp:startDate
1497-07-08
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Pedro_Álvares_Cabral's_expedition_to_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7