Historical Narrative For Vasco Da Gama

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Historical Narrative for Vasco da Gama- Elinor Grochowski witness: Pedro Cabral I am Pedro Álvares Cabral. I was sent from Portugal to establish trading routs. One of my commanders had a route to India but I chose to follow Vasco da Gama’s route instead. The commander 's route was to travel around the coast of Africa. Vasco’s route, though, was to go around The Cape of Good Hope. I reached the cape of Good Hope. Soon winds pushed me to Brazil and I claimed land for Portugal there. However Brazil was not my intended goal for Portugal. I was sent later back to The Cape of Good Hope. We sailed and reached an island that was off the coast of India, Calicut. We set up a trading post. We were attacked by Muslims there, many were murdered. I

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