Chapter IX- Portugal in the World of Maritime Discoveries


Picture 1- Travel of Bartolomeu Dias

King João II entrusted to the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias the mission to discover the maritime route to India and to seek and establish peaceful relations with the Emperor of Ethiopia.
  Bartolomeu Dias, who was the 1st European to double the Cape of Storms, later nicknamed by John  (João ) II of Cape of Good Hope, situated in the extreme south of Africa, reaching the Indian Ocean, sailed away from the coast in the South Atlantic in 1488.
  The purpose of this trip was to assess whether a sea route to India would be possible, and this trip indeed paved the way for the discovery of Vasco da Gama.

Picture 2- Bartolomeu Dias

Picture 3- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route to India.
The task of traveling to India was initially attributed by King (João) John II to the father of Vasco da Gama, but with the death of 2, king D. Manuel I who rises to the throne is responsible for this task to Vasco da Gama who departs On July 8, 1497. It was only an exploratory voyage that carried letters from D. Manuel I to the kingdoms to visit, patterns to place and carried some products provided by navigator Bartolomeu Dias, useful for the trip.
The 2 of March of 1498 completes the contour to the south of the African coast, the armada arrives at Mozambique

Picture 4- Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator discovering the sea route to India

Picture 5- Map of Mozambique


On May 20, 1498, the fleet reached Kappakadavu, near Kozhikat, thus opening the sea route to India.
Vasco da Gama begins his return trip to Portugal on August 29, 1498 and only arrives in Portugal in September 1499.

Picture 6- Vasco da Gama Travel Map to India

The Navigator Vasco da Gama, lies in the Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon

Picture 7- Tomb of the Navigator Vasco da Gama, in the Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon

Picture 8- Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon








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