The Portuguese Vasco da Gama's Voyage around southern Africa to India took place at the end of the fifteenth century, and by 1502 the trans-Abrabian caravan route had been cut off by political unrest.

Liverpool are poised for a January move for Vasco da Gama starlet Nilton.

Vasco da Gama and Columbus enlarged the world, and Copernicus enlarged the heavens.