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Jul 8, 1497
Vasco Da Gama departures from Libson
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Jul 15, 1497
Passed Canary Islands
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Jul 26, 1497
Reached Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands
Remained there until August 3 -
Nov 7, 1497
Reached Santa Helena Bay
Had to take a long detour through South Atlantic in order to avoid Gulf of Guinea before reaching Santa Helena Bay -
Nov 22, 1497
Rounds Cape of Good Hope
Unfavorable winds delayed rounding the Cape of Good Hope until November 22 -
Nov 25, 1497
Anchored in Mossel Bay
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Dec 8, 1497
Sailed again
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Dec 25, 1497
Reached coast of Natal
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Jan 11, 1498
Anchored for five days near a river between Natal and Mozambique
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Jan 25, 1498
Reached Quelimane River in Mozambique
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Mar 2, 1498
Fleet reached the Island of Mozambique
Expedition had to rest a month; many of the crews were sick -
Apr 7, 1498
Expedition reached Mombasa
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Apr 14, 1498
Dropped anchor at Malindi
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May 20, 1498
Calicut is reached
Da Gama stays here for about a month, leaving at the end of August -
Jan 8, 1499
Reached Malindi
“São Rafael” is burned due to greatly reduced numbers (a lot of the crew died to scurvy) -
Feb 1, 1499
Reached Mozambique
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Mar 20, 1499
“São Gabriel” and “Berrio” rounded the Cape together
Parted by a storm one month later -
Jul 10, 1499
The “Berrio” reached the Tagus River in Portugal
“São Gabriel” continued to Terceira Island in the Azores -
Sep 9, 1499
Da Gama reached Libson
He returned with only 55 men out of the 170