![]() Descriptions of the voyage, however, need to be tempered in light of several “myths” often associated with those accounts. Over time, the apocalyptic mission led to the Age of Discovery, followed by the Age of Colonialism/ Imperialism. The primary motivation for the 1498 voyage, however, was messianic, to ‘vanquish and subdue all Saracens (Muslims) and pagans and other enemies of Christ, to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery, and to convert to Christianity,’ as declared in various Papal Bulls, together called “the Doctrine of Discovery.” The Church divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese zones, both to be part of the Papal Empire. ![]() The “da Gama epoch” refers to the era of European commercial and imperial expansion in Asia. The Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama (1460-1524), was the first European to sail from Portugal to India.
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