Vasco De Gama timeline By youssef elshafei 1460 he was born in https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama 1497 he started exploring in https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama Period: 1497 to May 20, 1498 he sailed to india https://www.biography.com/explorer/vasco-da-gama Period: 1498 to 1502 he succesfully discovered india and returned https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-da-gama 1502 by this time everyone new who he is https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may20/da-gama-discovers-sea-route-india