da Gama
Vas·co [vas-koh; Portuguese vahsh-koo]. /ˈvæs koʊ; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ/. Gama, Vasco da.
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No conversation of any length can be carried on without a reference to Camoens and to Vasco da Gama.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetCoello need not have feared: da Gama knew his brave colleague too well to imagine that he was really thinking of retreat.
Chatterbox, 1906 | VariousAt da Gama's order all were marshalled on deck, and stood, sullen and powerless, before the captain.
Chatterbox, 1906 | VariousSo it was, and Vasco da Gama had established for himself a name imperishable on the page of history.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry FrithVasco da Gama also sent the chair in which the King had sat as a present, greatly to his delight.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
British Dictionary definitions for Da Gama
/ (də ˈɡɑːmə) /
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