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Posted on 12/01/2024 6:21:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The recently discovered shipwreck may have set sail as part of da Gama's final Indian Ocean voyage—a journey which he made a total of four times before his death 500 years ago. Researchers believe it may have been one of around 20 ships part of this excursion: the São Jorge, which was captained by Fernando de Monroy and sank in 1524, making it one of the earliest European shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean. Eight similar Portuguese shipwrecks of similar age have previously been discovered in the area.
The discovery of the Portuguese shipwreck was made in Malindi, Kenya, in 2013 by the underwater archaeologist at the National Museums of Kenya, Caesar Bita, after he was alerted to the presence of the ship by local fishermen. Bita discovered elephant tusks as well as copper ingots at the site of the wreckage in the 2010s... Future research is set to include archaeological surveys of over 15 miles of coral reefs running along the coast of the East African country...
Another possible identity for the ship was that it was a slightly later wreckage of the Portuguese ship the Nossa Senhora da Graça, which sank in 1544 and was not associated with da Gama who had died 20 years earlier.
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That’s certainly a name from long ago forgotten history lessons. Interesting.
Back in 5th grade, our teacher had us write an essay about a famous explorer, whose names she had put into a hat.
I drew the name Vasco da Gama, and spent the weekend with the library’s card catalogue, pencil and paper.
Not sure if I’ve ever forgiven him, as I can still recall his bearded visage in the encyclopedia.
May he RIP. :)
I remember loving the chapters in the history books on the great explorers when I was in school - now I doubt any of that is even taught any longer - except to say that explorers like Vasco Da Gama, Columbus, Magellan, Captain Cook - were evil White Supremacists spreading disease, slavery and violence throughout the peaceful new world.
Thanks!
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I was in Hawaii recently, on the Big Island - and was on the shore waiting for my family who were snorkeling nearby.
A tour group happened to came by and the guide explained that this place, Kealakekua Bay, was where Captain Cook was killed by natives in 1779 - in fact there was a “X” carved into one of the rocks in the exact spot where he was killed - and we could see it b/c it was low tide. I would have never known this, of course, and couldn’t wait to tell my family.
Later that night, we looked up Captain Cook and learned about his explorations and how he had died (very sad).
The first to lead a complete circumnavigation expedition was Sir Francis Drake, Magellan, as you saw, didn’t make it, yet he’s still listed as first, which is kinda nuts. :^)
Whoops.
I remember card catalogs and Readers’ Guides for Periodicals.
Library Science was the required first course at Auburn. One of the few A's I got in college since I used to spend a lot of time at the Base library at what is now Patrick Space Force Base as a teenager...
I was thinking that my own self.
Was about to post about Cook’s marker under the ocean.
While Magellan himself didn't make it all the way to the end, the expedition he headed did. The significance of the voyage isn't tied to one man (as if he could have done it on his own without a crew), but that it was accomplished at all. If we wanted to tie it to one man, it could even be credited to the Spanish navigator, Juan Sebastián Elcano, who had made the entire voyage and who was in command when the last remaining ship returned back to Spain.
The significance is, neither one of them was in command during the entire circumnavigation. The expedition was the first known circumnavigation of the globe, but SFD was the first to lead an expedition all the way around.
The significance of the journey was not who led it, but that it was completed at all for the first time. Same journey, one ship, one crew except for one man (Magellan) who, though he started it, proved to be expendable in the end of a great accomplishment.
The ship with the mayonnaise they still go on about every May?
El Sinko de Mayo?
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