Why Did Vasco De Gama Be Considered A Hero?

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Vasco De Gama was a Portuguese explorer who was born to a noble family in 1460. He started sailig as a child and grew from there.In 1497 he was commisioned by the portugeses king to go to india to trade. He and hi4 ship crew were in for a long trip. The trip was grueling. They stops a couple times for the crew, stricken with scurvy and to give gifts. They returned sailing after that to go to india. And as harsh as it was, they made it. They stayed there for a few months and left. The trip back was worse that the trip there. Less than half the men survived, and one of the ships burned. When they returned, Vasco was considered a Hero, because he found to new route to sail to india. Vascos second voyage was to india to. There they killed many