Vasco Da Gama - Titles, Styles, and Honours

Titles, Styles, and Honours

Over his numerous years serving the Portuguese crown, da Gama was rewarded with many different titles, distinctions, and offices:

  • Admiral of the Seas of Arabia, Persia, India and all the Orient - Title as chief of the Portuguese India Armadas
  • 2nd Viceroy of India - Title of office as colonial head of Portuguese India
  • 1st Count of Vidigueira - Title of Portuguese nobility

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