Vasco Da Gama

-1460- December 24, 1524
-First European explorer to sail from Europe to
India around Africa
- His discovery opened an age of Imperialism of
the world
- Helped the Portuguese empire to have a colonial empire in Asia
-After his first trip(1497), only 54 of the original
170 men survived.
-Published: Around Africa to India
"I am not afraid of the darkness. Real death
is preferable to a life without living.''