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On one particular occasion, da Gama had been waiting for a ship to return from Mecca, a Muslim trading and religious centre. Da Gama had massacred many innocent Indians and Muslims. He then had set sail with his many ships, which were all well armed to defeat the Muslim traders when he stumbled upon them. On February 12th, 1502, he was all organized for an encounter with the much expected Muslim traders. It was in the year 1502, that he went out on his next expedition. Vasco da Gama route to India Vasco Da Gama Timeline He was the one to sail directly from Europe to India. Vasco da Gama discovered the first sea route from Europe to the East. The King felt that it was important that the trip be made, and so, as the King’s last choice, he gave it to Vasco da Gama to complete. It is an extremely meaningful document, as it describes the long and troubled voyage to India that in the end of the 15th century this voyage had an impact in global scales in the economic, political, religious, cultural and scientific levels of that time.Then the King handed over that task, to Da Gama’s brother- Paulo, but he had turned it down. However, in later, he and his crews reached the ships …show more content… This journal refers to the time of Portuguese discoveries and expansion, as it refers to the first voyage of Vasco da Gama from Africa to India. He faced several problems about returning to his ships, which the Moors does not gave them opportunity to do so.
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Therefore, Vasco da Gama has to leave, since he in charge of the merchandise that could not sell, which turned down by the King. The Moors or Muslim merchants, who dominated the city's trade, suggested that da Gama was only an ordinary pirate and not a royal ambassador and convinced the zamorin that he would gain nothing if have a commercial agreement with the Portuguese. The The zamorin quite naturally had looked for a gold, and wondered at why there was no gold or silver. Therefore, da Gama desired to send those present to the Zamorin. However, da Gama argued that he was not merchant but embassador and those gifts was from his own not from the king of Portugal.
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The Moor or muslims even laughed at these presents because that were the poorest merchant that should not offer to the king. The presents that da Gama sent to the Zamorin as gifts were four cloaks of scarlet cloth, six hats, four branches of corals, twelve almasares, a box with seven brass vessels, a chest of sugar, two barrels of oil and a cask of honey, which were trivial and failed to impress. The article written by anonymous who was an eyewitness that participated in the voyage of Vasco da Gama to seeks new sea route from Portugues to India.This essay will summarize and analyze …show more content… Until da Gama treasurers appraised the inexpensive items to the king. The article is primary source of travel journal by sea of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator, from Africa to India in 1497-1498, the era of European commercial and imperial expansion. Ravenstein and published by the Hakluyt Society in 1989. Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE This essay is analysis essay to the excerpt from a journal “The Journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama” written by an anonymous during the early modern period, translated and edited by E.