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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
S�o Gabriel - his ship on his first voyage to India
Carrack - type of ship he commanded on first voyage
Outposts on the African eastern coast would prove vital to trade routes to the Far East
Dom Fernando - his father was a knight to this duke
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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
S�o Gabriel - his ship on his first voyage to India
Carrack - type of ship he commanded on first voyage
Outposts on the African eastern coast would prove vital to trade routes to the Far East
Dom Fernando - his father was a knight to this duke
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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
S�o Gabriel - his ship on his first voyage to India
Carrack - type of ship he commanded on first voyage
Outposts on the African eastern coast would prove vital to trade routes to the Far East
Dom Fernando - his father was a knight to this duke
Estevao da Gama - his father's name
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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
S�o Gabriel - his ship on his first voyage to India
Carrack - type of ship he commanded on first voyage
Outposts on the African eastern coast would prove vital to trade routes to the Far East
Dom Fernando - his father was a knight to this duke
Estevao da Gama - his father's name
Gon�alves (Alfonso) - one of the navigators he took with him on his first trip
Abraham Zacuto - taught astronomy which led to navigation skills
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Alentejo - Portuguese coastline; location of his home town
S�o Gabriel - his ship on his first voyage to India
Carrack - type of ship he commanded on first voyage
Outposts on the African eastern coast would prove vital to trade routes to the Far East
Dom Fernando - his father was a knight to this duke
Estevao da Gama - his father's name
Gon�alves (Alfonso) - one of the navigators he took with him on his first trip
Abraham Zacuto - taught astronomy which led to navigation skills
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