http://www.flickr.com/photos/toxicmedicine/tags/goa/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:14:31 -0700 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:14:31 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3645/buddyicons/38224804@N03.jpg?1278472254#38224804@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/toxicmedicine/tags/goa/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/toxicmedicine/4798160532/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/toxicmedicine/">Toxic Medicine</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toxicmedicine/4798160532/" title="Voyage to India"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4081/4798160532_26715e3d75_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Voyage to India" /></a></p> <p>This picture was taken at a metro station in Lisbon, Portugal.<br /> <br /> Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.<br /> <br /> On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than around the equator. The navigators included Portugal's most experienced, Pero de Alenquer, Pedro Escobar, João de Coimbra, and Afonso Gonçalves.</p> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:14:31 -0700 2009-12-31T15:55:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Toxic Medicine) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4798160532 Voyage to India <p>This picture was taken at a metro station in Lisbon, Portugal.<br /> <br /> Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.<br /> <br /> On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than around the equator. The navigators included Portugal's most experienced, Pero de Alenquer, Pedro Escobar, João de Coimbra, and Afonso Gonçalves.</p> Toxic Medicine india portugal europe lisbon goa discovery cochin capeofgoodhope vascodagama calicut searoute sonydsch50