Age of Discovery - Vasco da Gama - Part 1
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Vasco De Gama's Journey to the Indian Ocean
The Zambezi marked the beginning of the lands belonging to the Sultan of Mozambique, a country that was Muslim. The Portuguese had now just entered into a vast new world. For thousands of years, the Indian Ocean had been the crossroads of the world's trade from Canton to Cairo and from Burma to Baghdad. Over half the world's wealth passed through its waters in a commercial commonwealth.
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