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.

Marine archaeologists say they've found the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's brutal second armada to ...

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.

Marine archaeologists think they've discovered a lost Portuguese ship from explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet off the coast of present-day Oman, more than 500 years after it sank in a deadly storm. A ...

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 ...

The cruise ship Vasco da Gama is making headlines because it was not making waves, with the luxury liner becoming stranded for more than two hours as passengers were left in the dark.

A British cruise ship carrying 828 passengers turned into a "ghost" vessel after it became stranded off the coast of Australia for hours, say holidaymakers.. The Vasco da Gama was dubbed the ...

A painting depicts 16th century Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama. When da Gama returned to Lisbon, the Esmeralda -- captained by his uncle -- made her way to the island of al Hallaniyah, off the ...

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.

Marine archaeologists think they've discovered a lost Portuguese ship from explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet off the coast of present-day Oman, more than 500 years after it sank in a deadly storm.

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 ...