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| Vasco da gama was the man who found the direct route from Europe to Asia.But...in order to obtain this achievement.His ONLY achievement.he did many cruel thing |
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| 1.He made his country Portugal loose thousands of dollars on his 1st voyage which is when he returned back with nothing.But on his second voyage did anything and everything in his power to make his fortune off the 'spice islands'. |
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| 2.He forged his religion in order to trade with the islamic traders who already had strong ties with other nations.Also,since Da gama knew that the muslims and the christians had just gotten out of a fight he attacked them when they were weaker then the rest of the time.This not only shows me that he was too cowardly to face them head on but he was also cruel that he would even fight their almighty,showing me that he had no respect for other religions.He wanted power over the spice trade completely. |
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| 3.He was also cruel to his ship crew as he did not turn back even when they ran out of food and water but most of them died of diseases as well.This shows me that he did not care about human life. |
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| And to take revenge on india which was another country that refused to trade with portugal he murdered some people on a return voyage from their pilgrimage to Mecca.He killed all of them other than 2 boys who did turn to christianity instead.Their bodies were thrown into the water. |
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After all this he sent a message to the rest of islam and india basically saying 'if you don't trade with us we will kill you'.
The reason that this is so cruel and Barbaric of him is because he obviously killed many people,but in return gained a ship load of spice which should be good news but more over made a whole lot of enemies.Now nobody would want to trade with them. |
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| And as many people would say he gained alot for his country blah blah blah.Everyone wants to gain something for themselves.In the end he didn't gain anything for himself but lost a lot for his country. |
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