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Estêvão Da Gama (c
Estêvão da Gama may refer to: *Estêvão da Gama (15th century), father of Vasco da Gama *Estêvão da Gama (16th century) Estêvão da Gama ( 1505–1576) was the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Gold Coast (1529–15??) and Portuguese India (1540–1542). Named after his paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and th ..., son of Vasco da Gama *Estêvão da Gama (c.1470), cousin of Vasco da Gama See also *Da Gama (other) *Gama (other) {{hndis, Gama, Estevao da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estêvão Da Gama (15th Century)
Estêvão da Gama (about 1430–July 1497) was a wealthy Portuguese knight of the fifteenth century, best known as the father of explorer Vasco da Gama. Family and early life Estêvão da Gama was the eldest son (out of four) of a certain Vasco da Gama of Olivença and Dona Teresa da Silva. In the 1460s, Estêvão was a knight in the household of the royal prince Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, and, at some point, entered the military Order of Santiago. He was subsequently rewarded for his services with the position of ''Alcaide Mor'' (civil governor) of Sines, a post he held until 1478. He continued collecting taxes and dues in Sines and environs on behalf of the Order of Santiago. Order of Santiago Around 1472, the mastership of the Order of Santiago fell into the hands of Infante D. João, the royal prince and heir. Upon ascending to the throne as King John II of Portugal in 1481, the Order's fortunes - and Estêvão da Gama's - rose with him. Through the 1480s, Est� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estêvão Da Gama (16th Century)
Estêvão da Gama ( 1505–1576) was the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Gold Coast (1529–15??) and Portuguese India (1540–1542). Named after his paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and the brother of Cristóvão da Gama. He commanded the fleet that entered the Red Sea, with the intent of attacking the Ottoman fleet in its harbor at Suez, leaving Goa on 31 December 1540 and reaching Aden on 27 January 1541. The fleet reached Massawa on 12 February, where Gama left a number of ships and continued north. Reaching Suez, he discovered that the Ottomans had long had intelligence of his raid, and foiled his attempt to burn their beached ships. Gama was forced to retrace his steps to Massawa, although pausing to attack the port of El-Tor on the Sinai Peninsula. Once back at Massawa, Gama found the men he had left were restless and convinced by the self-described patriarch João Bermudes that they should provide military assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estêvão Da Gama (c
Estêvão da Gama may refer to: *Estêvão da Gama (15th century), father of Vasco da Gama *Estêvão da Gama (16th century) Estêvão da Gama ( 1505–1576) was the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Gold Coast (1529–15??) and Portuguese India (1540–1542). Named after his paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and th ..., son of Vasco da Gama *Estêvão da Gama (c.1470), cousin of Vasco da Gama See also *Da Gama (other) *Gama (other) {{hndis, Gama, Estevao da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Gama (other)
Gama or Da Gama may refer to: People * Gama (surname), for people with the surname Gama *Gama Singh (born 1954), Canadian wrestler *The Great Gama (1882–1960), wrestler from Punjab Places *Gama, Federal District, in Brazil *Gama, Burkina Faso *Gama, Cundinamarca, in Colombia *Gama, Senegal *Gama, Guinea * Gama Rural LLG, in Papua New Guinea Other * Gama (carriage), a traditional Korean litter * ''Gama'' (EP), a 2005 EP by The Gazette * Gama (''Naruto''), a character in the anime ''Naruto'' * Gama Aviation, a company based in the United Kingdom * Gama Goat, a semi-amphibious off-road vehicle * GAMA Platform, a scientific platform for building spatially explicit agent-based simulations * Gama Toys, a German tinplate and diecast toy manufacturer * GAMA Industry, a Turkish construction company * Da Gama Dam, a dam on the Witwaters River, South Africa * Da Gama Park, a town in City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa * Buttumak, a traditional Korean kitchen stove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
