Late Middle Ages · South Asia · Exploration
1498
Vasco da Gama Reaches Calicut
May 20, 1498
After ten months and a storm-broken crew, da Gama's three remaining ships anchored off the Malabar Coast. The Hindu Zamorin received him politely but unimpressed by his gifts, which looked to Indian eyes like a peddler's samples. A maritime trade route from Europe to Asia now existed that bypassed every middleman entirely.
In context
Also in 1498 (5 other events on record)
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- Louis XII Becomes King of France · Europe · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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