Vasco da Gama in India
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama has an audience with The King of Calicut (Kozhikode), the Samudiri (Zamorin) in May 1498. The navigator was received with traditional hospitality, including a grand procession of at least 3, 000 armed Nairs, but an interview with the Zamorin failed to produce any concrete trade results
Picture No
10633947
Media ID
45712842
Size
3663px x 5211px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Postcard illustration by Alberto Souza (1/7)
Date
1498
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