[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. ... this 
expedition that Vasco da Gama's crew landed in South Africa. ... The reason why 
groups often state their arrival on some foreign land as a "discovery" is because, 
... on *4 November 1497, they reached a bay (current day St Helena). [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] Vasco da Gama: Facts & Biography - Live Science [PAR] Mar 24, 2016 ... Vasco da Gama was a highly successful Portuguese sailor and explorer during ... 
to command a ship with the goal of discovering a sailing route to India. ... De 
Gama captained four vessels when he set out on July 8, 1497. ... out into the 
Atlantic before veering back in an arc to meet the South African coast. [DOC] [TLE] Discovery of the Cape | Cape Town History [PAR] After visiting the modern Walvis Bay, the caravels had by Christmas day ... 
Fragments of this, the oldest evidence of European contact with South Africa, 
were discovered ... The man to whom the King in 1497 gave the command, as 
captain-major, ... Da Gama. He was quite different from the gentle Dias. He did 
not have much... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The cradle days of Natal" - Internet Archive [PAR] THE CRADLE DAYS OF NATAL (1497-1845) BY GRAHAM MACKEURTAN LL. 
.... All Vasco da Gama had to do was to sail round Africa and ask for " Sofala and 
the ... When Dom John heard their news he changed the name of the cape they 
had .... He could hardly have been in a Christmas mood that day, as he was ever
... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499" [PAR] 141 C Three Portuguese Accounts of Vasco da Gama's First Voyage . . . .145 ... 
V. South Africa, from an anonymous chart of the world, first published by Dr. 
Hamy . ... ^l/^m ^^^B HE discovery of an ocean route to India, in 1497-98, marks 
an ..... In that case his name may perhaps turn up some day in the Italian archives
. [DOC] [TLE] STA Travel | 20 Days South Africa Encompassed [PAR] George Harrison discovered gold near present-day Johannesburg in March ... 
The name Johannesburg was written for the first time on their plans of streets and 
stands. .... it was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 
1497. .... in South Africa, with over 3 million inhabitants, and is the provincial 
capital of... [DOC] [TLE] A detailed overview of the history of KwaZulu-Natal: From Stone Age ... [PAR] The 'discovery' by New Millennium scientists of a so-called 'dream drug for .... and 
were united under the king who lent the region its enduring name - Maputaland. 
... explorer Vasco da Gama sighted our coastline on Christmas Day, 1497, and .... 
for Natal became a Province of the Union of South Africa on that day in 1910,... [DOC] [TLE] Natal - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Oct 23, 2012 ... Natal derives its name from its discovery on Christmas Day, 1497, ... On the 
Christmas Day of the memorable year 1498, when Vasco da Gama had ... shores 
he gave the name of Terra do Natal (Christmas-land). ... On May 31, 1910, the 
colony became an original province of the Union of South Africa. [DOC] [TLE] The Jews of South Africa - The Ospovat-Ichlov+Beck Family Website [PAR] Located on the tip of the African continent, South Africa is famous for its diamond 
and gold mines. ... Jews

Question: Vasco da Gama gave this future South African province its name when he discovered it on Christmas Day, 1497
Answer: Natal