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1469 CE: Vasco da Gama is born in Sines in the Alentejo region of Portugal.
1492 CE: Vasco da Gama commands a small fleet which captures French vessels in several southern Portuguese ports.
1497 CE - 1499 CE: The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sails around the Cape of Good Hope and on to India and back.
1498 CE: Vasco da Gama crosses the Indian Ocean for the first time by sailing from Malindi to Calicut, India.
1502 CE - 1503 CE: Vasco da Gama sails a 15-ship fleet from Portugal to Calicut, India.
1524 CE: Vasco da Gama sails om his third voyage from Portugal to India.
1524 CE: Vasco da Gama dies of illness at Portuguese Cochin in India.