Many European explorers of the time tried to find a sea route to Asia. Europeans and Asians have had access since the ancient times but the era needed a quicker transit. The various terrains, contrasting weather and the sheer duration of travel were unbearable. It was a long road and it was not a joyride. In the fifteen century, Europeans had to tread unending land across the largest contiguous landmass in the world to reach Asia. Let us explore some of the accomplishments of Vasco da Gama. The various Vasco da Gama major accomplishments don’t just confine to explorations as his success had a far-reaching impact in the world, from helping the Portuguese economy to making way for western imperialism as well as colonialism in Asia. The film, directed by acclaimed cinematographer Santosh Sivan, depicts a failed assassination attempt on da Gama by an Indian.Vasco da Gama is regarded as one of the tallest legends in the history of the world for his explorations and particularly because he established the sea route from Western Europe to India. Vasco da Gama appears as an antagonist in the Indian film Urumi. He later recorded another version of this song under the name "Colonial Man". South African musician Hugh Masekela recorded an anti-colonialist song entitled "Vasco da Gama (The Sailor Man)", which contains the lyrics "Vasco da Gama was no friend of mine". There are three Vasco da Gama class frigates in total, of which the first one also bears his name. The Portuguese Navy has a class of frigates named after him. Although the final shortlist featured other Age of Discovery related people, they were not actually explorers nor navigators for any matter.
Vasco da Gama was the only explorer on the final pool of Os Grandes Portugueses. The Oceanário in the Parque das Nações has a mascot of a cartoon diver with the name of "Vasco", who is named after the explorer. The suburb of Vasco in Cape Town also honours him.Ī few places in Lisbon's Parque das Nações are named after the explorer, such as the Vasco da Gama Bridge, Vasco da Gama Tower and the Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama shopping centre. There exists a church in Kochi, Kerala called Vasco da Gama Church, and a private residence on the island of Saint Helena. There are three football clubs in Brazil (including Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama) and Vasco Sports Club in Goa that were also named after him. The port city of Vasco da Gama in Goa is named after him, as is the crater Vasco da Gama on the Moon. The 19th century composer Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray composed an eponymous 1872 opera based on da Gama's life and exploits at sea. A 1989 production of the opera by the San Francisco Opera featured noted tenor Placido Domingo in the role of da Gama. Meyerbeer's working title for the opera was Vasco da Gama.
The events depicted, however, are fictitious. The 1865 grand opera L'Africaine: Opéra en Cinq Actes, composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer from a libretto by Eugène Scribe, prominently includes the character of Vasco da Gama. The Portuguese national epic, the Lusíadas of Luís Vaz de Camões, largely concerns Vasco da Gama's voyages. Following da Gama's initial voyage, the Portuguese crown realized that securing outposts on the eastern coast of Africa would prove vital to maintaining national trade routes to the Far East. Beside the fact of the first voyage itself, it was his astute mix of politics and war on the other side of the world that placed Portugal in a prominent position in Indian Ocean trade.
As much as anyone after Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama was responsible for Portugal's success as an early colonising power.
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