Vasco da Gama

No conversation of any length can be carried on without a reference to Camoens and to Vasco da Gama.

So it was, and Vasco da Gama had established for himself a name imperishable on the page of history.

Vasco da Gama also sent the chair in which the King had sat as a present, greatly to his delight.

Vasco da Gama, irritated at being unable to punish the chief, put the pilot in irons to prevent his escape.

As he was about to depart, Vasco da Gama received information that the King had gone into the country, where he would receive him.