How did Vasco Da Gama reach India?


On July 8, 1497, he set sail with a fleet of four ships, the Sao Gabriel, Sao Rafael, Berrio, and an unknown ship, all of which together totaled 170 crewmen, from the Portuguese city of Lisbon.
The expedition would finally make landfall near Calicut at Kappadu on May 20, 1498


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