Advent of the Europeans
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS Advent of the Europeans 1. A new Sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of South Africa) by Vasco da Gama in 1498 AD marked the beginning of European period in Indian History. 2. He first arrived at Kapad near Kozhikode in Kerala. 3. Saint Gabriel was the name of the ship in which Vasco-da-Gama landed at Kappad, the port of Zamorine of Calicut. 4. The most famous Portuguese men from the point of view of India Vasco da Gama , Almeida and Albuquerque . 5. Vasco-da-Gama arrived for the second time in 1502 and for the third chance in 1524. He died at Fort Cochin and was cremated at the St. Frnacis Church there. Later his remains were brought back to Portugal. 6. Don Fra...