[DOC] [TLE] Vasco da Gama | Portuguese navigator | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 14, 2016 ... Da Gama was the third son of Estvo da Gama, a minor provincial ... Da Gama 
sailed from Lisbon on July 8, 1497, with a fleet of four ... The fleet also carried 
padres (stone pillars) to set up as marks of discovery. ... Sailing again on 
December 8, the fleet reached the coast of Natal on Christmas Day. [DOC] [TLE] Vasco da Gama's Voyage of 'Discovery' 1497 | South African History ... [PAR] Jun 14, 2013 ... Vasco da Gama carried out 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. ... of land 
until, on *4 November 1497, they reached a bay (current day St Helena). ... By 
Christmas, the squadron was off the hazardous coast of Pondoland,... [DOC] [TLE] Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia [PAR] Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer and the first 
European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India (14971499) was the 
first to link Europe and Asia ... Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was 
significant and opened the way for an age of global imperialism and for the... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: Vasco da Gama [PAR] Feb 17, 2011 ... Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. 
... able to organise a voyage to exploit the discoveries of these two explorers. ... 
families, had a distinguished military history, and was the provincial governor. ... 
On Christmas Day 1497 the three remaining ships were sailing... [DOC] [TLE] Natalia v27 article p19-29 C.pdf - The Natal Society Foundation [PAR] The long-sought entl)' into the Indian Ocean had at last been discovered a 
spectacular ... The celebration of Christmas Day in 1497 by Vasco da Gama and 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Gama, Vasco da - The New York Times [PAR] ... Alentejo province in southwestern Portugal, Vasco was born in about 1460. ... 
Da Gama sailed from Lisbon on July 8, 1497, with a fleet of four vessels--two ... 
the Portuguese navigator who had discovered the Cape of Good Hope a few ... 
Sailing again on December 8, the fleet reached the coast of Natal on Christmas 
Day. [DOC] [TLE] Mole's Genealogy Blog: Natal: the Christmas land. [PAR] Dec 9, 2012 ... Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, sailed along the south-eastern coast of 
South Africa and on Christmas Day 1497 sighted the land which he named Natal 
in ... 'On Christmas Day  the expedition had discovered 70 leagues, so a ... 
exists of any error in attribution of the name Natal to our Province. [DOC] [TLE] Natal - Wiktionary [PAR] Etymology[edit]. From Portuguese Natal   (Christmas), because the region in 
South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on 
Christmas Day, 1497. ... A former British colony and province of South Africa. It is 
now... [DOC] [TLE] Da Gama Discovers a Sea Route to India - National Geographic ... [PAR] Apr 29, 2014 ... On May 20, 1498, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama became the first ... This 
Day in Geographic History ... Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India in 
1497-1498. ... the nearby coast Natal, after the Portuguese word for Christmas. ... 
Portugal was also able to expand its empire to include provinces... [DOC] [TLE] GoaCentral.Com-Dom Vasco da Gama [PAR] Vasco da Gama , legendary Portuguese seafarer discovered the sea route to 
India in 1498 ... Vasco da Gama was born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, 
Portugal, at around 1460. ... They then sailed off the coast of Natal on Christmas 
Day 1497. [DOC] [TLE] Vasco da Gama - CatholiCity.com [PAR] The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, 
... was solemnly conferred upon Vasco da Gama, and on 8 July, 1497, the fleet ... 
gave its present name to the coast of Natal on Christmas Day, and reached by... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: Province discovered by Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497
Answer: Natal