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Noun: Vasco da Gamma
  1. Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1460-1524)
    - Vasco da Gama, da Gamma, Gamma

Type of: navigator

Encyclopedia: Vasco da Gamma