vasco da gama was the explorer who found a sea route to india around africa.
vasco da gama was the explorer who found a sea route to india around africa.
explorer who found a sea route to india around africa?
vasco da gama
manuel decided to give the rhinoceros as a gift to the medici pope leo x. the king was keen to curry favour with the pope, to maintain the papal grants of exclusive possession to the new lands that his naval forces had been exploring in the far east since vasco da gama discovered the sea route to india around africa in 1498. the previous year, the pope had been very pleased with manuel's gift of a white elephant, also from india, which the pope had named hanno. together with other precious gifts of silver plate and spices, the rhinoceros, with its new collar of green velvet decorated with flowers, embarked in december 1515 for the voyage from the tagus to rome. the vessel passed near marseille in early 1516. king francis i of france was returning from saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume in provence, and requested a viewing of the beast. the portuguese vessel stopped briefly at an island off marseilles, where the rhinoceros disembarked to be beheld by the king on 24 january.
dürer's rhinoceros
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bullet::::- joão de santarém, explorer of the atlantic islands









































bullet::::- joão gonçalves zarco, explorer of the atlantic islands









































bullet::::- joão grego, explorer of the african coast









































bullet::::- joão infante, explorer of the african coast









































bullet::::- joão vaz corte-real, explorer of north america









































bullet::::- lopes gonçalves, explorer of the atlantic









































bullet::::- luís pires, explorer of the sea route to brazil









































bullet::::- nicolau coelho, explorer of the sea route to brazil









































bullet::::- nuno tristão, explorer of the african coast









































bullet::::- paulo da gama, explorer of the sea route to india
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