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Vasco da Gama
(1460 c.-1524)
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LOC:    Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524
LBT ID: VaDeGam1524    VIAF ID: 106966471    LOC ID: n80019653		B/BAP:   1460
DIED:   1524-12-24
SOURCES: Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Portuguese explorer who opened trade routes in Africa and the Pacific; he is the subject of Camoens' epic, the Lusíadas.
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