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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope on November 22, 1497, during his first journey to India and continues his exploration at the Mozambique coast, a vital trading hub in the Indian Ocean on March 2, 1498. Seeking to establish trade he interacted with local Muslim merchants some of whom were hostile and he was forced to flee.
