“The recent discovery of a Portuguese shipwreck in Malindi, Kenya, could be a galleon from Vasco da Gama’s last voyage,” ...

The 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of famed explorer Vasco ... after da Gama's first voyage to India, which helps date the wreckage. "That was an amazing discovery ...

Portugal's voyages of discovery turned the nation ... State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Explorer Vasco da Gama sailed his four ships into the Indian Ocean in late 1497. Before long ...

Providing a truly original perspective on the age of discovery ... catastrophic failures during voyages by supposedly heroic European explorers; from Vasco da Gama to Christopher Columbus.