ma's brother Paolo) had died of illnesses such as scurvy. In 1497, John's successor,
g Manuel I (crowned in 1495), chose ♣ da Vasco to lead a Portuguese fleet to India in
ch of a maritime route from Western Europe to the East
rounding ♣ Africa's Cape of Good
pe. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and