Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.

A sunken vessel off the coast of Kenya may be a long-lost ship of famed explorer Vasco da Gama. The São Jorge, a ship that sailed on the explorer’s final voyage, sank in 1524.

This Sunken Ship May Be the 1524 Wreckage From Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage If correctly identified, the ship would be one of the earliest European wreckages in the Indian Ocean. Image courtesy ...

A map of Vasco da Gama's first voyage Public domain via Wikimedia Commons “It is larger than what we imagined for an early 16th-century ship,” Castro tells Artnet . “It is enormous.

Da Gama (lived circa 1469 to 1524) pioneered the route from Europe into the Indian Ocean in 1497, when his ship was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.

The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya may have been from legendary explorer Vasco da Gama’s final voyage across the Indian Ocean, archaeologists say in a new study ...

A sunken vessel off the coast of Kenya may be a long-lost ship of famed explorer Vasco da Gama. The São Jorge, a ship that sailed on the explorer’s final voyage, sank in 1524.