Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean from Mali
Anonymous portrait, c. 1525
Bronze statue of Vasco da Gama at his birthplace, Sines, Portugal
Vasco da Gama leaving the port of Lisbon, Portugal
Monument to the Cross of Vasco da Gama at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Kingdom of Cochin
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The Kingdom of Cochin or the Cochin State also known as Perumpadappu Swaroopam, named after its capital in the city of Kochi, was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state. It originat
Vasco da Gama
…by Duarte de Menezes Succeeded by Henrique de Meneses Personal details Born c. 1460 Sines, Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal Died 24 December 1524 Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin Cause of death Malaria Resting place Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal Spouse Catarina de Ataíde Children Estêvão da Gama, Governor of Portuguese…
Cochin in the 1960s, just a few years after joining the union
Mattancherry Palace-temple, built by the Portuguese as a gift to Raja Veera Kerala Varma I
Relic of Thomas the Apostle, kept in the sanatorium of a Syrian Church
The Bolgatty Palace, built in 1744 by Dutch traders, is one of the oldest existing Dutch palaces outside the Netherlands