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| | Vasco da Gama |
 | | In 1495, being governor of the Order of St. James, prince Dom Jorge (1481- 1550), duke of Coimbra and a bastard son of King John II who had recently died, Vasco da Gama was granted two commanderies of the Order of St. James (those of Mouguelas and Chouparia)[4]. |
| | Dom Vasco da Gama was born circa 1469 at Sines and died on Christmas eve in Cochin, India, in 1524, being Viceroy of India. |
| | The best site on Vasco da Gama's Voyage in the Net, with the text of the Journal the historic first voyage by Sea to India, edited by Damian Lopes, to whom we wish to pay tribute. |
| www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/3908/militaryorders/vascogama.html (1045 words) |
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