[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. ... it was 
during this expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew landed in South Africa. ... 
keepers' rule, this lends support to any claim they make to "owning" the land. ... 
sailed into Santa Bras (Mossel Bay), sighting islands thick with noisy birds. [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 ..... By early March, they had arrived in Mossel Bay, 
and crossed the Cape of Good Hope in the opposite direction on 20 March,... [DOC] [TLE] Bartolomeu Dias - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Joo also wanted to find a way around the southernmost point of Africa's 
coastline, so just ... the limestone markers used to stake Portuguese claims on 
the continent. ... They found a bay they called So Bras (present-day Mossel Bay) 
and the ... Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde 
Islands, then... [DOC] [TLE] Vasco da Gama - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Vasco da Gama, including videos, ... Vasco da 
Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India ... The 
fleet was finally able to round the Cape of Good Hope at Africa's southern tip in ... 
Da Gama arrived in Goa with the task of combating the growing corruption that... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF PORTUGAL [PAR] HISTORY OF PORTUGAL including Navigators, Down the African coast, ... Dias 
proves that there is a sea route round the southern tip of Africa. In the second, ten 
years later, Vasco da Gama demonstrates that this route leads to India. ... He 
makes landfall at Mossel Bay in February 1488. ... The ships leave Lisbon in 
1497. [DOC] [TLE] Bartolomeu Dias Biography (Explorer/Navigator) - Infoplease [PAR] In 1497 Dias accompanied Vasco da Gama on a voyage as far as the Cape ... 
Cape of Good Hope is sometimes thought to be the southernmost tip of the 
African... [DOC] [TLE] Golden Age of Piracy | Age of Discovery [PAR] In 1513, Spanish Vasco Nez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and ... 
by Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa, opening up direct 
trade with Asia. ..... when Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa, 
which he named "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas), anchoring at Mossel 
Bay and... [DOC] [TLE] The Dutch Republic - An Empire of Spices - Pericles Press [PAR] Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese voyages to India. ... wide southern arc, 
trusting that when he turned back toward the African coast, his reckoning ... 
November 18th, to anchor at Mossel Bay, which Dias had reached in February 
1488. ... The treaty would ultimately give Portugal the future South American 
country of Brazil,... [DOC] [TLE] Ocean Voyages of early European explorers, What is colonisation ... [PAR] Following the coast, he reached Algoa Bay and then the Great Fish River, which 
he ... On his return voyage, Dias discovered the cape of Africa. ... In 1497, King 
Manuel of Portugal appointed Vasco da Gama to lead an expedition to ... an era 
when European countries dominated the world through sea power and 
commerce. [DOC] [TLE] Bartolomeu Dias - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 16, 2013 ... He helped to open up the route that Vasco da Gama would take to India, ... turned 
northward, landing at the "Baa dos Vaqueiros" (Mossel Bay) on March 12, 1488. 
... and Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa without ever having been 
... In 1497, Dias was posted in So Jorge da Mina Castle and... [DOC] [TLE] South Africa - The New York Times [PAR] Only along the eastern coast, many miles from Mossel Bay, were Khoikhoi

Question: In 1497 Vasco da Gama landed at Mossel Bay at the southern tip of Africa & claimed it for this country
Answer: Portugal