When Manoel became king in 1495, he appointed Zacuto to be his royal astronomer. In 1492, after Ferdinand and Isabella took possession of Granada and expelled all Jews who would not convert to Christianity from Spain, Zacuto moved to Lisbon. We met Zacuto in the article about Diogo Cão. During his training, he was taught to navigate the Ocean Sea by Portugal’s royal astronomer and historian, Abraham Zacuto (1452-1515). Like his father, he became a Knight of the Order of São Tiago. Vasco’s parents probably sent him to Évora for his education. Her father and brother were Knights of the Order of Christ, rivals to her husband’s order, the Order of São Tiago. Some of Isabel’s ancestors were English and she was also related to Fernando and Diogo of Viseu. Both Vasco da Gamas were named after their grandfather, a Portuguese noble. They had an older, illegitimate brother, also named Vasco, whom their father had conceived with a mistress before marrying their mother, Isabel Sodré. Vasco Da Gama and his siblings had been born at their father’s comenda in Sines a hundred miles south of Lisbon. The oldest of Estêvão’s five sons, Paulo, did not want to take the lead, but he would serve as the captain of one of Vasco’s ships. From his palácio in Évora(1), Manoel offered the admiral position to Estêvão’s third son, Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama’s flagship, the San Rafael.īy the time King Manoel I of Portugal was ready to follow up on Bartolomeu Dias’ discoveries from 1488, the knight King João II had hired to lead the expedition, Estêvão da Gama, had died.
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