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This is known today as the Vasco da Gama Pillar and includes the original cross, made from Portuguese limestone. In 1522 the Portuguese mariner Henrique Leme negotiated a treaty with the Sunda Kingdom and in commemoration he raised a padrão at the kingdom's main port, Sunda Kalapa , now part of Jakarta , Indonesia .
Cristóvão (or Christopher) da Gama was the son of navigator Vasco da Gama and the younger brother of Estêvão da Gama. He first went to India in 1532 with his brother, returned to Portugal in 1535, and then joined Garcia de Noronha in sailing to Diu on 6 April 1538. Many times in these travels he demonstrated a quick mind that saved his ...
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Portuguese carracks and square-rigged caravels of the armada of Vasco da Gama, depicted in the Livro das Armadas. With the return of Cabral to Portugal, King Manuel was informed that opposition to the Portuguese was mounting, hence after the small fleet of Nova, King Manuel decided to dispatch an even larger armada of 20 well-armed ships. [ 13 ]
English: Effigy of Cristóvão da Gama (c. 1516-1542), Portuguese military commander, in the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries), in Lisbon, Portugal. Português: Efígie de Cristóvão da Gama (c. 1516-1542), militar e explorador colonial português, no Padrão dos Descobrimentos, em Lisboa, Portugal.
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