When the trader asked Vasco where he was going, the latter said that he was going to visit India. When Vasco da Gama went to meet him, Chandan was sitting in ordinary attire, on a cot. He took an African interpreter to meet the owner of that ship Chandan, a Gujarati trader who used to bring pine wood and teak from India along with spices and take back diamonds to Cochin. Historians and scholars gathered at Gujarat’s port town Mandvi are discussing how a Kutchi sailor, Kanji Malam, navigated the commander to Calicut from Malindi on east African coast.Īccording to another story: He had recorded in his diary that upon his arrival at Zanzibar in East Africa he saw a docked ship three times bigger than his own. The fourth ship did not have a name as it was only used for storage.Īccording to one story: When he discovered Europe-to-India sea route in 1497, he had a Gujarati by his side to show him the way. The ships were named the San Gabriel, the Sao Rafael, and the Berrio. Here are some interesting facts about voyage of Vasco-Da-Gama:
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