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Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco da Gama in India

Vasco da Gama in India
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama has an audience with The King of Calicut (Kozhikode), the Samudiri (Zamorin) in May 1498

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco di Gamas Fort

Vasco di Gamas Fort, built 1498. The lady dressed in a Leso is carrying a kerosene tin of water on her head. This is the regular method of water supply in Zanzibar. 1935

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama at Calicut

Vasco Da Gama at Calicut
VASCO DA GAMA received by ZAMORIN, ruler of Calicut

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Nunez De Balboa

Vasco Nunez De Balboa
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Spanish explorer Explored Colombian coast and discovered Pacific Ocean 1513

Background imageVasco Collection: Don Vasco De Gama - Explorer

Don Vasco De Gama - Explorer

Background imageVasco Collection: Portraits Of A Man And Woman

Portraits Of A Man And Woman
A pair of illustrations used in commercial advertising art, one shows the head of a man, while the other shows a smartly dressed young woman sat sideways on a chair. Date: circa 1939

Background imageVasco Collection: Film Studio Scene

Film Studio Scene
An illustration used for advertisement purposes, showing a scene of a film set or studio, a young actress is adjusting her hair while a man looks into the beaming lights. Date: circa 1939

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageVasco Collection: Advert showcasing a hairdresser's short cut and perm

Advert showcasing a hairdresser's short cut and perm
London hairdresser T. Vasco is advertising a scientific short cut and perm, using a steam-point-winding perming invention. Date: circa 1939

Background imageVasco Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Basque Country

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Basque Country (1936). Military mass of gudaris

Background imageVasco Collection: SPAIN. Pasajes de San Juan. Spanish Civil War

SPAIN. Pasajes de San Juan. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Fishing boat at the servixce of the Basque government

Background imageVasco Collection: SPAIN. Bilbao. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

SPAIN. Bilbao. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Riots on the streets of Bilbao

Background imageVasco Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Valencia en homenaje

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Valencia en homenaje a Euzkadi (Valencia in homage to Euzkadi). Poster. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageVasco Collection: SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Soldiers shhoting against aircrafts in Basque Country (April 1937)

Background imageVasco Collection: Scenes from the East Coast of Africa, 1820

Scenes from the East Coast of Africa, 1820
Ducks on the sacred lake on Comoro Island 61, Solomons merchants buying ivory and peacocks at Sofala, Mozambique 62, and natives with torches chasing a wild elephant in Mozambique 63

Background imageVasco Collection: Balboa attacked by the Dabaibe Indigenous people

Balboa attacked by the Dabaibe Indigenous people
Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his men fight with the indigenous people that lived in the Dabaibe region of what is now Columbia

Background imageVasco Collection: Balboa sights the Pacific

Balboa sights the Pacific
Vasco Nunez de Balboa stands with his men, looking off into the distance where a native Aztec man is pointing, presumably towards the Pacific ocean. Date: 1513

Background imageVasco Collection: Balboa sets out on the Pacific

Balboa sets out on the Pacific
Vasco nunez de Balboa prepares to embark on the pacific, standing on the beach as row boats are prepared. Date: 1516

Background imageVasco Collection: Balboa discovers the Pacific

Balboa discovers the Pacific
Vasco Nunez de Balboa stands in the water holding a flag, pointing his sword up, claiming the land and ocean in the name of the King and Queen of Castile. Date: 1513

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco da Gama Street, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

Vasco da Gama Street, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco da Gama erects a column in Mozambique

Vasco da Gama erects a column in Mozambique
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama erects a column in Mozambique during his sea voyage to India -1498. Date: 1498

Background imageVasco Collection: Bible of Alba or Arragel. 1422 - 1430. Castilian

Bible of Alba or Arragel. 1422 - 1430. Castilian translation of the Hebrew Bible by Jewish Rabbi Mose Arragel of Guadalajara, commissioned by Don Luis de Guzmᮠ Gonzᬥ z

Background imageVasco Collection: SPAIN. Bilbao. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Interior

SPAIN. Bilbao. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Interior sight

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco da Gama Cathedral, Lisbon, Portugal

Vasco da Gama Cathedral, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal, Lisbon, Belem: Vasco da Gama Cathedral (former monasterial church of Jeronimos) behind the Parque do Imperio Date: 2010

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama and King

Vasco Da Gama and King
VASCO DA GAMA On his return to Portugal, he is honoured by a visit from king Manoel I

Background imageVasco Collection: Highway of fashion 1933

Highway of fashion 1933
A model with the latest fashion hairstyles, hair cuts by M. Vasco. 1933

Background imageVasco Collection: The Spanish Main by Vasco Marenas

The Spanish Main by Vasco Marenas
Promotional postcard for The Spanish Main by Vasco Marenas. First produced Wimbledon, 6th September and Apollo Theatre, 21st December 1915. Photo shows Oscar Asche as the lead Patrick O Gorman

Background imageVasco Collection: QUIROGA, Vasco de (1470-1565). First bishop of Michoacᮬ

QUIROGA, Vasco de (1470-1565). First bishop of Michoacᮬ; Mexico and one of the judges (oidores) in the second Audiencia that governed New Spain. Litography

Background imageVasco Collection: Panama

Panama
BLAY i FABREGUES, Miquel (1866-1936). Monument to Vasco N� de Balboa. 1924. PANAMA. Panama City. Detail in the upper part

Background imageVasco Collection: PORTUGAL. Lisbon. A frigate patrols the waters

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. A frigate patrols the waters

Background imageVasco Collection: NUхZ DE BALBOA, Vasco (1475-1517). Spanish discoverer

NUхZ DE BALBOA, Vasco (1475-1517). Spanish discoverer
" NUх Z DE BALBOA, Vasco (1475-1517). Spanish discoverer and conqueror. Picture from the book " Retratos de Varones Ilustres" (Portrait of Distinguished Men). Engraving."

Background imageVasco Collection: GAMA, Vasco da (1469-1524). Portuguese navigator

GAMA, Vasco da (1469-1524). Portuguese navigator. Painting

Background imageVasco Collection: Spain. Second Republic. Money issued by the government

Spain. Second Republic. Money issued by the government of the Basque Country. Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Background imageVasco Collection: Sarcophagus of Vasco da Gama, Lisbon

Sarcophagus of Vasco da Gama, Lisbon
Sarcophagus of Vasco da Gama in the Vasco da Gama Cathedral, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. Date: 2010

Background imageVasco Collection: Balboa / Exploration

Balboa / Exploration
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is attacked by natives on his way to the Cordilleras Date: 16th century

Background imageVasco Collection: BALBOA (1475 - 1517)

BALBOA (1475 - 1517)
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Spanish explorer of South America. Discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Date: 1475 - 1517

Background imageVasco Collection: Cannanore, India

Cannanore, India
(or Kananur) Seaport on Malabar coast, SW India, visited by Vasco da Gama 1498, Portuguese fort built here in 1505

Background imageVasco Collection: Porto Trade Centre

Porto Trade Centre
Vasco da Gama, by rounding the Cape of Good Hope and discovering the Indies, makes Porto (aka Oporto) one of Europes foremost trading centres

Background imageVasco Collection: Doorway of the Monastery at Belem, Portugal

Doorway of the Monastery at Belem, Portugal
Illustration of the Doorway of the Convento dos Jeronymos Monastery, Belem, Portugal. This monastery was built on the site of a Seamans Home founded by Prince Henry the Navigator

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama & Spirit

Vasco Da Gama & Spirit
At the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India

Background imageVasco Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib6

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib6
Act five - Selika, queen of Madagascar, watches her husband Vasco da Gama sail away with Ines, and sits under a manchineel tree, to breathe whose scent is fatal

Background imageVasco Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib5

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib5
Act four - Vasco da Gama marries Selika, queen of Madagascar; but even as he swears the marriage oath he hears his beloved Ines lamenting her misfortunes

Background imageVasco Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3
Act three - the warriors of Selika, queen of Madagascar, board Don Pedros ship and massacre the Portuguese : Vasco survives, but only just

Background imageVasco Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib2

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib2
Act two - Ines, in love with Vasco da Gama, delivers him from imprisonment by the Inquisition but only by consenting to marry Don Pedro

Background imageVasco Collection: Meyerbeer Africaine Lib1

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib1
Act one - Vasco da Gama before the Grand Council of the king of Portugal tells the story of his explorations and petitions for an expedition to sail round the Cape to the Indies

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama Ships

Vasco Da Gama Ships
Vasco da Gamas ships off the coast of Africa on their way to the Indies

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gama
VASCO DA GAMA - Portuguese navigator who rounds Africa to reach Calicut, India, in May 1498, the first European to set foot in India

Background imageVasco Collection: Vasco Da Gama and Crew

Vasco Da Gama and Crew
VASCO DA GAMA on his way to the East, he refuses his crews pleas to return to Portugal



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