A blackout has disrupted parts of Prague and other areas in the Czech Republic, halting public transport and trains. Officials report the subway network stopped operating at noon Friday but ...

CONQUEROR OF THE SEAS FERDINAND MAGELLANThe voyages of Columbus inspired boldness in other great explorers to discover new unhampered trade routes to the Spice Islands of the EastWhen Vasco Da Gama ro ...

By dispatching Vasco da Gama in 1498 to find a sea route to India, he changed the known world forever, if not necessarily for better.

Dead for 500 years, Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese navigator who first connected his country to India by sea in 1498, on a journey that transformed politics, the economy, culture, and the ...

A sunken ship may hold the secret to Vasco da Gama's last voyage more than five centuries ago. The wreckage, discovered off the coast of Kenya in 2013, has been identified as a Portuguese vessel ...

The discovery of one of Vasco da Gama’s ship off the coast of Malindi is one of the most fascinating stories in recent past. However, what was contained in the shipwreck has not been made public yet, ...

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.

If confirmed, researchers say the ship may hold “a significant historical and symbolic value as physical testimony to the presence of Vasco da Gama’s third armada in Kenyan waters”.

MALINDI, KENYA—A Portuguese shipwreck found near the coastal Kenyan town of Malindi in 2013 may be a ship from one of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's voyages in the Indian Ocean some 500 ...

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. Then, starting ...

A Mysterious Shipwreck Rests Just 20 Feet Below the Surface. It May Be Connected to Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage Researchers think a coral-covered vessel discovered off the Kenyan coast could be ...

Experts believe the shipwreck found off Kenya may be Vasco da Gama's São Jorge, part of his last voyage.