Archaeologists think they have identified the ship that ... is da Gama’s 16th-century Sao Jorge. The Portuguese explorer took a pioneering route from Europe into the Indian Ocean.

The shipwreck, located in the azure waters of the Indian Ocean near Malindi ... shed light on Portuguese ships of the early 16th century. The study, titled “The Ngomeni Shipwreck and the ...

But consider this: A 16th-century ... coast of India, is blown far off course by a fierce storm while trying to round the southern tip of Africa. Days later, battered and broken, the ship founders ...

Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497 ...