Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama passes away in India during his third voyage to the East. He died of malaria on December 24, 1524, in Cochin, India, shortly after arriving for his third term as Viceroy. He was initially buried in St. Francis Church in Kochi, his remains were later returned to Portugal in 1539 and eventually interred in the Jerónimos Monastery.
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