He murdered a lot of muslims on his voyage and bombarded a city.
Yet he is the first to reach India During the nenaissance through the Cape of Good hope.
2006-10-14 17:58:08 · 11 answers · asked by Mugger 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
All "Explorers" of his time were guilty of murder, even genocide. They were all commissioned by their king/queen to find new land to exploit. Emphasis on the word EXPLOIT. It was a sign of the times, sadly.
2006-10-15 05:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of great explorers murdered the locals along the way. Look at the history of the Spanish conquistadors. It's the winners who write history and they decide who was a great explorer or a strong leader and who was a genocidal barbarian. I'm not sure that he was a murderer because, at the time, the Christian world was in a constant state of war with the Muslims. Back then it was just considered taking the battle to another arena.
2006-10-14 18:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When vasco da gama made his voyages of discovery,he was rightly judged as a great explorer.In his time the end justified the means.Towards the end of the 15th century he was an explorer.Prior to this he was a warrior.What he did in the sevice of portugal and the holy roman empire, was his duty.In his time cruelty was a fact of life.If you were the wrong race, color or religion you received no mercy.
2006-10-14 18:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Venice (Venezia) actually wants number introduction, see getting there with hotelbye . That city is a fabled destination for centuries. Only the name Venice is enough to conjure up a bunch of images, even for individuals who have not even set foot in Italy. From gondoliers in striped jerseys to the Rialto and the Bridge of Sighs, masked balls, fantastic barges, courtesans in gondolas and crumbling palaces experiencing roads made from water Venice is an incredible city. After the sole connection across the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge scars the location of the island's first settlement, called Rivus Altus and has become among the plenty of place that Venice must offer.
2016-12-20 00:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He explored past the tip of Africa and went farther than Bartholomeu Dias there he met an Arab pilot who helped him ccomplish his goal of finding a quicker way to China's trading posts than taking the long 3 year journey on the silk road which Marco Polo wrote about after returninf to his hometown of Venice which inspired Europeans to learn about china. Basically: He wanted a quicker way to Chinas trading posts
2016-03-28 09:48:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like what Natalie said A Murdering Explorer! DUN DUN DUN!
2006-10-14 18:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by Deanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explorer.
2006-10-14 23:40:34 · answer #7 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets just say murdering explorer.
2006-10-14 17:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was both.
Like many other explorers.
Ambition,power and ignorance were the key words of so many conquers.
2006-10-14 18:03:25 · answer #9 · answered by northmiamibeach1975 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was both, everyone wins!*
*Everyone except the people he murdered.
2006-10-14 18:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by kingoftheintertron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋