A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama 1898: 1497-1499 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama 1898: 1497-1499<br><br>Vasco da Gama was born about at Sines of which coast-town his father Estevao was alcaide mor. He was the youngest of three brothers. Genealogists trace back his pedigree to a valiant soldier Alvaro Annes da Gama who resided at Olivenca in 1280 and greatly distinguished himself in the wars with the Moors. The Gamas could thus boast of gentle blood though they neither be longed to the aristocracy of Portugal nor were they possessed of much worldly wealth.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.