Artist: António Augusto Da Costa Motta
Date: 1880
Technique: Limestone
Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, probably in 1468, and died in India in December 1524, only three months into his term as viceroy of Portuguese India. He was the second son of Estêvão da Gama. His older brother was Paulo da Gama, who travelled with Vasco on the voyage to India of 1497-1499 and died almost at the end of the return journey at Terceira Island in the Azores. The chronicles of this time tell us that Vasco da Gama was
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