Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524)‚ 1st Count of Vidigueira‚ was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia
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One certain day the rock god Balboa was talking to his daughter Kina about doing her job as the god of insects‚ but she and yelled to her father "I wish you weren’t my father." wouldn’t listen and stormed off. When she was in a quick pace she looks back behind her and sees the huge Jagged Mountain that her father made thousand of years ago. She suddenly trips on a piece of coal and screams "could this day get any better!" she stays in her fast pace and she heard foot steps behind her and whimpered
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Name of explorer: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Born: Around 1490 Died: Around 1559 From: Extremadura‚ Spain What country did he represent: Spain List places he explored: Arizona and New Mexico List accomplishments: made two trips to America the first one he was the first European explorer to cross America on foot. The second one he discovered Mexico Interactions with indigenous people: After living with Native Americans for six years‚ Cabeza de Vaca had undergone a change of mind‚ coming to
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Jones‚ to very impactful historical figures‚ like Theodore Roosevelt‚ Rocky Balboa is a notable fictional character influencing my character. He is an iconic American Hero that impacts people’s lives. He is a well-known for epitomizing the underdog story and influencing the minds and hearts of many. The depth and relatability he hold true to his values make him a superior to other characters in fictional works. Rocky Balboa‚ a man of masculinity‚ is characterized with a vulnerability that allows people
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Vasco da Gama is a famous explorer from Sines‚portugal. His date of birth isn’t confirmed but it is guessed that he was born around 1460. Vasco was born in a wealthy family with power ‚ so from the start he had a great opportunity to become great. Being from a wealthy family with great connections he was able to get an excellent education. He became extremely talented when it came to math and navigating. Vasco joined the navy as soon as he could the skills that he learned from school made him very
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1. Marissa Nunez had been working for two years at McDonald’s when she wrote “Climbing the Golden Arches”. This experience had many effects on her. For example; she learned many things like you have to start from the bottom to work your way up to the top. She learned this because from working at McDonald’s‚ there are many things that need to be done. Sometimes‚ you have to fill in for someone‚ even if that isn’t your position so it is best to know all of the jobs at the business . 2. Marissa found
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Who is Vasco Da Gama? Vasco Da Gama was believed to be borned around 1460s in Sines‚ a Portuguese seaport on the Atlantic ocean. The Da Gamas were minor aristocrats‚ and Vasco’s father‚ Estevao Da Gama and his wife‚ Dona Isabel Sodre had five sons. Vasco was the third. Skills of Vasco Da Gama Gaspar Correia ‚Sixteenth- Century historian‚ written that it was at Evora where he may have learned mathematics and navigation. It is evident that Gama knew astronomy well‚ and it is possible that
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Vasco da gama is a man who does not keep his word and that needs to be charged for his crimes.He has done some unbelievable stuff that many people would think that is not right or unreal.And yes he did some amazing things over his lifetime but were they good enough for killing as many lives as he did.I do think he should get what he deserves because what he has done through the coast of Setubal(French port in portugal).As we step back and look at this situation he was in he could of handled it better
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Vasco da Gama was born around 1460 in Sines‚ Portugal. Vasco’s father was a knight and an explorer. When he was old enough he decided to join the navy‚ where he was taught how to navigate. Vasco later followed in his father’s footsteps and began to command ships in the king’s name. Little is known about his early life but‚ in 1492‚ Vasco solidified his reputation as a sailor when King John II of Portugal sent him to Lisbon and the Algarve to seize French ships as a sign of vengeance against the French
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Vasco Da Gama 1460-1524 Portuguese Explorer In the last years of the fifteenth century‚ an explorer set off from the Iberian Peninsula‚ full of grand illusions and hoping to reach India by going where no European had ever gone before. Though that statement would seem to describe the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) to the New World‚ it is equally true of a less famous expeditionfrom an American perspective‚ at leastthat set sail five years later. This one was led by Vasco
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