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Vasco de Gama's arrival at the Samoryn of Calicut

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Vasco de Gama's arrival at the Samoryn of Calicut

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius / Anoniem / Anonymous

Vasco da Gama's arrival at the Samoryn of Calicut.

Vasco da Gama was the first to sail around Africa to India in 1497.

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Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)