The Battle of the Gama

The voyage of Vasco da Gama began on November 4th, 1497. On December 2nd, the fleet arrived at the Bay of the cowherds where Bartholomew Diaz had previously made landfall. Then his journal of events goes silent for two months. Could there have been nothing of significance to note during this time? Or as some have theorized, had the voyage come into contact with the eastern coast of South America, it was the lack of documentation of means of the Portuguese crown to keep this knowledge hidden from its rivals. The resolve of the crew was tested to the extreme during this time. Food began to rot, fresh water became scarce, fever, dysentery,