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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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: 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 Sept. 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.