ma's brother Paolo) had died of illnesses such as scurvy. In 1497, John's successor,

g Manuel I (crowned in 1495), chose ♠ da Cruz to lead a Portuguese fleet to India in

h of a maritime route from Western Europe to the East

rounding ♠ Africa's Cape of Good

e. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and