Vasco da Gama’s mother was Isabel Sodre, who was from a family of English origin. His family had longstanding service ties to the crown in its struggles against Castile and Islam, and Vasco's father, Estev o, had won grants.
Slide 2:During his lifetime, he became the first person to sail from Europe to India. Vasco da Gama was born in the Alentejo coastal town of Sines about 1469. Slide 1: Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal to the governor of Sines in around 1460, and he died Decemin Kochi, India. Vasco’s career was being an explorer and navigator. 1469 1524), Portuguese explorer, first count of Vidigueira, and 'discoverer' of the sea route to India. da Gama was born in a little house near the church of Nossa Senhora das Salas. Vasco De Gama was well educated benefitting his status. At the end of his life,Vasco da Gama died in India,1524 caused of illness. Vasco Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that had successfully sailed directly from Europe around The Cape of Good Hope to India. His father was a Portuguese noble courtier. Vasco De Gama’s fathers name was Estevao Da Gama. He served as a knight at the house of the Dule of Viseu. Vasco De Gama was born in 1469 he died in 1524.Vasco De Gama died when he was fifty-five years old. Da Gama was born in Sines which was one of the seaports on the South-western side of Portugal. Also Know, where did Vasco da Gama go The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. The exact year of Vasco da Gama’s birth is still unknown, but he was born either in 1460 or 1469. On December 24, 1524, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, passed away.He was one of the most successful explorers in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. 1460 or 1469 Sines, Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal. According to some peoples accounts, he was a knight in the 1490s in Sines. Unfortunately da Gama contracted malaria shortly after arriving in India and died on. His family was not originally from Portugal, but da Gama did not think of any place but Portugal as his home. Vasco da Gama (1460 or 1469 - December 24th, 1506) was a Portuguese sailor.He was the first European who went to India through the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa.He went to India three times by ship. Born in Sines, Portugal, around 1460, Vasco da Gama was the first. In 1497, when he was a 38-year old bachelor, da Gama was selected by King Manuel I of Portugal to follow up the discovery of Bartholomew Diaz of a great ocean east off the Cape of Good Hope. Vasco da Gama families were normal families that had intelligent men in it. Portuguese navigator who completed the search for a sea route between.