_ 13 _ Episodes of the year 1497 In that year, started the journey of Vasco da Gama, which Alvaro Velho described in the notes of “The Journey of Vasco da Gama”, dated 1497:(1) In the name of God, Amen. In the year 1497 King Dom Manuel I of Portugal sent four ships on a voyage of discovery in search of spices. Vasco da Gama went as captain of one of them, his brother, Paulo da Gama, of another, Nicolau Coelho of a third, and Gonçalo Nunes, one of Vasco da Gama's servants, as captain of the supply ship. [Castanheda's interpolation]. We departed from the Restelo on Saturday 8 July 1497, following our course, which may Our Lord God allow us to finish in his service. Amen. The following Saturday we first came in sight of the Canaries, and that night we passed to the leeward of (1) Document no. and reference.
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