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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)

António Branco Paiva
1970

Description

Statue of Vasco da Gama looking out over the sea.

Inscription(s)

DOM VASCO DA GAMA
1469-1525

descobridor e almirante do mar da india
1° conde da vidigueira
vice-rei da india

"…aquelle illustre gama
que para si de eneas toma a fama."
camões, lus. 1-12

DOM VASCO DA GAMA
1469-1525

Discoverer and Admiral of the Indian Ocean
1st Count of Vidigueira
Viceroy of India

"…this illustrious Gama
which for Eneas himself takes fame."
Camões, Lus. 1-12

Signature

A Paiva 70
On the socle: M.O.P. 1970

Sines - Vasco da Gama

Sculptor

António Luís do Amaral Branco de Paiva (Alcácer do Sal 1926 - Lisboa 1987), Portuguese sculptor (Casa da Rua blogspot).

Sources & Information

Municipio de Sines, Estátuas.
Atlas do Sudoeste Português, Inventário do Património Histórico-Cultural do concelho de Sines.

Locatie (N 37°57'17" - W 8°52'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat007; Photograph: 27 August 2017
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