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