Vasco Da Gama (c1469-1525), Portuguese navigator, the first westerner to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to Asia, born in Sines in Alemtejo. He was selected by King Emanuel I to discover a route to India round the Cape.

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Vasco Da Gama (c1469-1525), Portuguese navigator, the first westerner to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to Asia, born in Sines in Alemtejo. He was selected by King Emanuel I to discover a route to India round the Cape.

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