Vasco da Gama, who passed
away on 24 December 1524, in Cochin, India, was a Portuguese navigator whose
voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western
Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The famed bridge named in
his honour in Lisbon, the Vasco da Gama Bridge that crosses over the Tagus
River estuary, spans 17.2 km (10.7 miles) and was the longest bridge in Europe
at the time of its inauguration in 1998.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Vasco Da Gama's Death Anniversary
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