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          Illustration showing the portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama talking with the Sultan of Malindi, of the Swahili cities on the coast of Kenya....

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          This article is about the Brazilian sports club.

          Cross honoring Vasco da Gama, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in in his quest for a sea route to India.

        1. Vasco da Gama (Sines, c.
        2. Illustration showing the portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama talking with the Sultan of Malindi, of the Swahili cities on the coast of Kenya.
        3. - vasco was the first man to find the all-sea route to india, and europe's first commercial maritime empire was founded.
        4. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed in Malindi on the way to India in According to legend, he had this pillar built, topped by a cross made out.

          5. For the Portuguese admiral, see Vasco da Gama. For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation).

          Soccer club

          Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈklubidʒiʁeˈɡatɐzˈvaskudɐˈɡɐ̃mɐ]; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

          Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Vasco is mostly known for its men's football team, which currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the Campeonato Carioca, the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league.[5]

          Named after Vasco da Gama 400 years after his European–Asian sea route in 1498, the club was founded in 1898 as a rowing club by Brazilian workers, Portuguese Brazilians and newly arrived Portuguese immigrants.[6][7]