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Vasco da Gamma

DEFINITIONS OF: Vasco da Gamma

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n Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)

Synonyms:
Gamma, da Gamma
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navigator
in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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