1. Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524); [syn: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
da Gamma
n 1: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape
of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on
Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
[syn: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma]