Newly discovered sunken ship may reveal secrets of Vasco da Gama’s last voyage
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya may have been from legendary explorer Vasco da Gama’s final voyage across the Indian Ocean, archaeologists say in a new study. Researchers say the ship, discovered in 2013 in waters off a Kenyan coastal town, is a Portuguese vessel and may have been Da Gama’s Sao Jorge, which sank in 1524 – the year the famed explorer died in India, likely from malaria. Remains of sunken ship that may have been part of Vasco da Gama’s last voyage Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. If confirmed, researchers say the ship may hold “a significant historical and symbolic value as physical testimony to the presence of Vasco da Gama’s third armada in Kenyan waters”.
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