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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)

Helder Baptista
1969

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

DOM VASCO DA GAMA
1469-1524

descobridor e almirante do mar da india
1º conde da vidigeira
vice rei da india

aquelle illustre gama,
que para si de eneas troma a fama
comões lus., i-12

Vasco da Gama
1469-1524
Discoverer and Admiral of the Sea of India
1st Count of Vidigeira
Viceroy of India

Signature

MOP 1970

Vidigueira - Vasco da Gama

Sculptor

Helder Ernesto Coelho Baptista (Vendas Novas 1932 - 2015), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia - Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

Igogo, Monumentos em Vidigueira.

Locatie (N 38°12'28" - W 7°47'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat079; Photograph: 5 September 2017
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