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Vasco Da Gama By: Dracen Poovey Vasco Da Gama was a portuguese explorer who discovered a new trade route to India which was a very significant discovery to Europe. In this essay I will tell you a story about a man named Vasco Da Gama. Vasco Da Gama was a portuguese explorer in in the late 1400’s. He was very adventurous and brave, his biggest goal in life was to find a quicker trade route by sea linked from Europe to India that was much faster. So he set out to do it, his initial voyage was from 1497 to 1499. At the time his voyage was the longest voyage ever made. He struck land May 20th, 1498. His discovery brought a great boost to both economies by making trade much quicker. At first they traded pepper and cinnamon, but they ended up

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