Vasco da Gama Incredible Sea Voyage, Part 1 Decoding Mystic Atlantic

This is the part 1 of the three part series of the Vasco da Gama's epic first sea voyage or journey to India to discover and establish the direct maritime trade route to East for the Portuguese Crown. Portugal consistent endeavor of discovery of new lands and routes, placed them in the forefront in 15th century in the new Age of Discovery with lots up new inventions and achievements. The then mighty ocean going ship called Carrack was one of them. In contemporary terms, The journey is comparable to the modern days journey to Mars and their ships can be compared to modern time space ship if the relevant knowledge levels are levelized.
In this part of the journey the greatest mystery of decoding the unknown gigantic South Atlantic ocean is explained. Vasco da Gama with some information and little knowledge chosen the unmapped path of first going deep almost near the Brazil and then turning east catching the westerly cold current to sail rapidly to cape of good hope. Their is no record available for this part of journey which is quite understandable looking into the secrecy of such exploration and keeping the knowledge for Portugal crown.
The 93 days of continuous torturous sea journey deep in the ocean is a feat of mankind found rarely in the history. It was not only monotonous and frustrating but also needs courage which is difficult to find in normal conditions. This opened a new way of harnessing the ocean wind to undertake the long sea journey to untouched and unimagined lands and corners of the Earth.

Information Provided:
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* Details of Lisbon send off ceremony of Vasco da Gama
* Journey of Vasco da Gama in North and South Atlantic
* Difficulties in sailing and navigation in Southern Hemisphere

Watch next video:
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* VSACO da GAMA incredible sea voyage Part 2 Faceoff with Muslims in Indian Ocean

Software & Resources used:
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Only open sourced following software and information used:
* Blender
* Inkspace
* GIMP
* Audacity
* Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Books :
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* " A journal of the first Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 by E G Ravenstein
* "Vasco da Gama - Great Explorer" by Richard Worth
* "Foundations of the Portuguese Empire" By Bailey W Diffe & George Winius
* "The Last Crusade" By Nigel Cliff
* "Conquerors" By Roger Crowley
* " Portugal in European and World History" by Malyn Newitt

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