Rahdir+and+Belle

Rahdir and Belle

=Vasco Da Gama was born in Portugal in 1460.He was in a noble family .He found his way from Portugal to south India. Vasco Da Gama rounded Africa's tip on November 22, and continued on to India. Vasco da Gama reached India on May 20,1498. At first, da Gama and his trading goods were well-received, but this did not last for long. Da Gama left India on August 29,1498 after he was told to pay a large tax and leave all of his trading goods. When he left, da Gama took his goods with him, together with some Indian hostages.Vasco Da Gama returned to Lisbon, Portugal in September,1499. Da Gama want back to India on 1502. King Manuel the first sent Da Gama on his second trip he took 20 armed ships. Da Gama killed hundreds of muslems cruly,to show his power. After King Manuel's death, King John the Third sent Da Gama to India as the king's representative. Vasco da gama died of an illness in India on December 24, 1524. His reamains were returned to Portugal for burial.=

= = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Bartolomeu Dias (1457-1500) was a great Portuguese navigator and explorer who explored Africa's coast. In 1488, Dias led the first European expedition to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, leaving Tagus, Portugal in 1487.This breakthrough of circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope opened up different trading routes from Europe to Asia. Dias may have originally called the southern tip of Africa the "Cape of Storms"; it was later renamed the Cape of Good Hope.On the later expedition Daiz sailed near South America on the way to Africa, and spotted land at Espírito Santo in Brazil, calling it the "Land of the True Cross."Although they thought it to be an island, Dias was still among the first Europeans to see Brazil. Dias died during this expedition; he was lost at sea near the Cape of Good Hope in 1500.=