“Pleased with the Gujarati pilot”: Muslim Knowledge Facilitating European Navigation
The Gujarati Pilot who helped Vasco da Gama reach India
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, European navigators sailed around the world and established new trade connections. These voyages are sometimes referred to as “discoveries” or “explorations,” but Europeans regularly relied on the knowledge of others.
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