Indipex 2011-Vasco Da Gama Voyage To India Re-enacted Through Stamps-Part 03

This Day Feb 12th,Vasco Da Gama Left For His Voyage To India

Portuguese Stamp Showing The Route Map Of Vasco Da Gama

The Third Set Of Stamps portrays the events during the third stage (Read Related Posts : Stage 01, Stage 02 )of the voyage, the crossing of the Indian Ocean from Malindi (Kenya) to Calicut (India) and back .

The First stamp shows the pilot hired in Malindi using a Kamal. Helped by the monsoon winds, the Portuguese fleet took 4 weeks to arrive in Calicut, in May 1498. Negotiations with the Zamorin of Calicut did not go well . In spite of the failed negotiations, Vasco da Gama took some fishermen into his custody and set sail hastily in August . The trip back to Malindi, against the monsoon winds, took 4 months, with immense loss of lives.

The ships came back to Portugal separately, during July-September 1499, carrying enough cargo to make the expedition highly profitable. Portugal’s dream to find a route to India that avoided the Venetian trading monopoly had turned true .

Portugal Stamps Depicting Vasco da Gama and pilot

Portugal Stamps Depicting Storm in Indian Ocean

Portugal Stamps Depicting Arrival Of Fleet in Calicut

In The Court Of Zamorin of Calicut

Miniature Sheet Showing Vasco da Gama explaining Portugal’s history to the King of Malindi

The route followed in Vasco da Gama's first voyage

• Read First Part Of The Voyage Here
• Read Second Part Of The Voyage Here
• Read Third Part Of The Voyage Here