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Vasco da Gama

(Sines 1460 or '9 - Cochim, India 1524)
Portuguese explorer, commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India
(Wikipedia)

Coert Steynberg
1970

Description

Bronze statue of Vasco da Gama with an anchor and a staff with an armillary sphere.

Inscription(s)

este monumento foi
oferecido a portugal
pela provincia do na-
tal, africa do sul, pa-
ra comemorar o 500^o
aniversario do nasci-
mento de vasco da gama,
que descobriu aquela
provincia no dia de na-
tal de 1497 hierdie monument is
deur die provinsie van
natal, suid-afrika, ann
portugal geskenk ter
gedagtenis aan die
500-jarige herdenking
van die geboorte van
vasco da gama wat na-
tal op kersdag 1497,
ontdek het
(coat-of-arms of Natal)

este monumento foi
descerraco em 21 de no
vembro de 1970 pelo
administrador do na-
tal, excelentissimo se-
nhor j.a. gerderner.
this monument was pre-
sented to portugal by
the people of natal
south africa, to comme
morate the 500th anni-
versary of vasco da
gama who discovered
natal on chrismas [!] day
1497

Signature

Coert Steynberg SA 1970

Évora - Vasco da Gama

Sculptor

Coert Steynberg (Hennops River, South Africa, 1905 - Pretoria 1982), South African sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 38°34'4" - W 7°54'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat001; Photograph: 9 July 1997 / updated: 2 September 2017
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