How can the study of maritime history provide insights into broader historical processes?

On his two voyages on the Indian Ocean, da Gama visited Mozambique and Kenya in Africa in 1492. On April 20, 1498 he landed at the port city of Calicut in ... After docking at the Cape Verde islands for several days, he made a wide sweep out into the Atlantic Ocean. On Nov 7, after 16 weeks at sea, his small fleet ... Mar 30, 2016 ... The wreck site was initially discovered by a BWR team in 1998, on the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's epic discovery of the direct sea ... ... Vasco da Gama did not go in the S. Raphael, by the author's own (erroneous) ... Vasco da Gama during his first voyage, when he discovered India. This ... Mar 21, 2011 ... The reason for putting "discovery" in inverted commas is because the land was not, as so many explorers argue, discovered by them. The land ... Apr 1, 2018 ... The Indians were descendants of Asians who came to the Americas between 20 and 10 thousand years ago, so neither Columbus or da Gama discovered ... Feb 17, 2011 ... Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. In an epic voyage, he sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Mar 27, 2017 ... Vasco da Gama's ... He did at least have the letters at hand. The king probed the gift mystery again: “What had he come to discover: stones or men ... In 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama made the first sea voyage ... Discover more. Why is Italian style so seductive? What is the proper way to ... Vasco da Gama lost 116 of 170 men on his first voyage to India in 1499 ... Like Cook, he did his best to ensure the men under his charge were well ...