by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
From Alamut to Lisbon, Portugal Vasco de Gama the Portuguese voyager owes his success to the Imams in Alamut. In 1256, the last Imam of Alamut, Imam Rukn Al Din Khursha, surrendered to the Mongol Khan Halagu, the Grandson of Genghis Khan. JUVEINI was the Vazir(...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
Vasco da Gama, Portuguese Vasco da Gama, 1er conde da Vidigueira, (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal—died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India), Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
Summary ALL authorities agree that the fleet, or armada, fitted out for Vasco da Gama’s voyage numbered four vessèls, but they are not agreed as to the names which these vessels bore. We are not, however, likely to be misled if we accept the unanimous testimony of the...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
Vasco da Gama Portuguese navigator Alternate titles: Vasco da Gama, 1er conde da Vidigueira By Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Top Questions Who were Vasco da Gama’s parents? What was Vasco da Gama best known for? What did Vasco da Gama discover? Vasco da Gama, Portuguese...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
Vasco da Gama’s astrolabe is the oldest known navigation tool OCTOBER 26, 2017 | ENVIRONMENT Astrolabe: this navigation tool was used to sail directly from Europe to India Researchers from the University of Warwick state that the astrolabe found in 2014 in the Indian...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Alamut-Lisbon
Guinness World Records haveindependently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and have separately certified a ship’s bell...
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