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Some of our finest [ about ] Approved Articles Developed Articles (over 800) Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. —Often attributed to the Dalai Lama Article of the Week [ about ] Vasco da Gama (c. 1469 – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese navigator who established a sea route from Europe to India. Template:TOC-right Early life Statue of Vasco da Gama in Sines Few details are known about Vasco da Gama's early life. He was born around 1469 in Sines, a seaport in the southwest coast of Portugal, or in one of the nearby villages (the most likely candidate is Salas, where after his return from his first voyage to India he ordered the construction of a church). He was the second or third child of Estêvão da Gama and Isabel de Sodré. Vasco was named after his paternal grandfather, who served as alcaide (magistrate) of Évora. Vasco’s father was a member of the Order of Saint James of the Sword and had a close ties with its master, D. Fernando, Duke of Viseu (a brother of the Portuguese king Afonso V). He participated in the military campaign against the Moroccan town of Casablanca (1468-69) and served as alcaide-mor (chief magistrate) of Sines and Silves. Vasco’s mother was of English ancestry, the granddaughter of a nobleman named Sudley, who had fought against Castile and settled in Portugal. [more...] New Draft of the Week [ about ] Dazed and Confused is a song rewritten and arranged by British rock group Led Zeppelin, based on an original composition by Jake Holmes, also titled "Dazed and Confused". Led Zeppelin's heavier and electric Dazed and Confused was considered so significantly different from the Holmes acoustic version that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) assigned the unique serial registration of 340128276 to its copyright, lodged by the newly created music publisher Superhype Music in 1968. Led Zeppelin's Dazed and Confused has since been widely covered and was an early performance highlight for the group. [more...]