The captain-major greeted him by placing his hands together and raising them towards the heaven because that’s how Christians address God. This shows that Vasco was under the influence that the king was a Christian. When they sat at the table, the king told captain- major Vasco to give the message to his courtier and then he would repeat it back to the king which sat across from him. Vasco told the king that he has to give the message in private. Captain-major Vasco told the king who he was and he explained to him the he was sent to discover this place and not for intentions of silver or gold because they already have enough of that but to create a trade route. The king told him that he will send someone that he valued as a friend and a brother to join him in journey back home as an ambassador for him. The captain-major was happy with this encounter and went back to the ship to bring gifts to the king. The captain-major got ready the following things to send to the king:
“twelve pieces of lambel, four scarlet hoods, six hats, four strings of coral, a case containing six wash-hand basins, a case of sugar, two casks of oil, and two of …show more content…
The captain-major saw that they were a threat because once his men came closer to shore than the Moors will take everything and kill them. Captain-major Vasco da Gama was successful in tricking the Moors in boarding his own ship and leaving Calicut. Vasco got away with most of his goods and other goods that he obtained from the Calicut. He made a 3000% profit of selling their good but he had to sacrifice his two men by leaving them behind. Even though, Vasco did not create a relationship with the king, he accomplished his goals of gaining knowledge of trading routes to Asia. Vasco da Gama was in charge of leading a Portuguese exploration to sail from Portugal to around the tip of Africa and to India. His task was to find a route that could lead to open up European enterprises for trading goods between Europe and Asia and he