VASCO DA GAMA

BACKGROUND•He was a good explorer for the west •He was well know for coming up with routes to all places•He was a good sailor of the oceans •He was a Portuguese explorer

outcomes•He was commissioned to find a route to the east•He made other voyages to India• He came up with other routes to India•Discovered a route to Africa

IMPACTS • The impact Vasco da Gama made on making routes east was he found navigation •He was nominated as Portuguese viceroy because he made more trips to India •Making routes to India helped the east trade with India •Finding routes to Africa helped the east trade with Africa

Maps

These are the routes he made when going to Africa