Vasco da Gama, count of Vidigueira (Sines, Portugal, ca. 1460 or 1469-Cochin, India, December 24, 1524), was a famous Portuguese navigator and explorer. In the era of discoveries, he stood out for being the commander of the first ships that sailed directly from Europe to India, the longest ocean voyage made until that time.1 At the end of his life, for a brief period in 1524, He was governor of Portuguese India with the title of viceroy.
