_ 121 _ Episodes of the year 1499 In that year, the news spread about the discovery of India. This came through a letter in Lisbon dated July 1499, from Dom Manuel to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel in Castile, to tell them about the discovery of India:(3) Most high, most excellent princes and most powerful Lords. Your Highnesses are aware that we sent Vasco da Gama, noble of this house, together with his brother, Paulo da Gama, in four ships(A) across the ocean on a voyage of discovery, and that they have now been gone two years. As the principal reason for this enterprise was always for the benefit of our ancestors, of God our Lord and therefore (A) Sao Gabriel, Sao Rafael, and Berrio. There was at a supply ship which was later abandoned by its crew. (3) Document no. and reference.
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