October 30
October 30
He desired retaliation for the abuse meted out to the last mission. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut on the Malabar coast for the second time on October 30, 1502. He had returned in a state of war this time. He came to exact vengeance on Pedro Alvares Cabral, who had arrived in Calicut earlier. Da Gama was greeted as a hero upon his return to Portugal, and he was dispatched on a second voyage to India in 1502, where he ruthlessly battled with Muslim traders in the region.
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