HAKLUYT. S. I. v. XCIX
A CHART
illustrating the First Voyage of
VASCO DA GAMA
1497-99
A JOURNAL
OF THE FIRST
VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA
IN 1497-99.
[Words and Dates not in the MS. have been placed within square brackets.]
N the name of God. Amen!
In the year 1497 King Dom Manuel, the first of that name in Portugal, despatched four vessels to make discoveries and go in search of spices. Vasco da Gama was the captain-major of these vessels; Paulo da Gama, his brother, commanded one of them, and Nicolau Coelho another.[27]