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Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika; verwerk en bygewerk deur D.W. Kruger; 3de bygewerkte uitg., Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 9
- 03https://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul08.htm
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 6). Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087757
South African History Online (2012) 'Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087757 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).
South African History Online, Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087757, (accessed 5 August 2026).
"Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087757. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Navigator Vasco da Gama departs from Portugal at the head of a fleet in search of a sea route to India. His fleet sailed along." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087757.
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