Today's installment concludes Vasco Da Gama Sails Around Africa and Opens the Sea Route To India,our selection from The Three Voyages of Vasco da

Sailing with a fair wind, they got sight of land, which the pilots foretold before they saw it; this was a great mountain which is on the coast of

Farther on he found some canoes which were fishing, and the men in them were dark, but not very black; they were naked, having only their middles

The men’s terrors had been justified; only 150 were left alive.Continuing Vasco Da Gama Sails Around Africa and Opens the Sea Route To India,our

Vasco Da Gama flung into the sea all the implements of their art of navigation, because he placed his hopes in God alone, who would direct them and

Brothers, let us strive to save ourselves from this storm, for I promise you that as soon as I can get speech with the captain-major I will require

The ships lay dead between the waves, lurching so heavily that they took in water on both sides; and the men made themselves fast not to fall from one

When they had finished dining, Vasco da Gama ordered Nicolas Coelho to go in his boat up the river to see if he found any village.Continuing Vasco

All cried out to God for mercy upon their souls, for now they no longer took heed of their lives. It now seemed to Vasco da Gama that the time was