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Vasco da Gama
1524 - Cochin
Broken by fever in Cochin, the man who found the sea route to India confronts what the Estado became in other men's hands.
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Vasco da Gama dies at Cochin
1524 · Cochin
Cochin turns oceanic expansion into a final reckoning over empire, violence, and maritime reach.
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Vasco da Gama
1524 - Cochin
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Broken by fever in Cochin, the man who found the sea route to India confronts what the Estado became in other men's hands.