da Gama
/dəˈgɑːmə/- da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469-1524), Portuguese explorer. He led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, sighting and naming Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean and arriving in Calicut in 1498. He also established colonies in Mozambique.达伽马, 瓦斯科（约1469-1524, 葡萄牙探险家, 1497年领导欧洲首次对好望角的探险, 横渡印度洋前在圣诞日发现并命名了纳塔尔, 1498年抵达印度卡利卡特; 曾在莫桑比克建立殖民地）。