Nucup says that da Gama was following the example of Columbus, who had won over native leaders with simple European goods like bells, flannel and metalwork. On his way, he threatened African leaders along with his canons in trade for vows of loyalty to Portugal, however nothing compares to the marketing campaign of terror he waged along India's Malabar Coast. There was nothing straightforward about navigating 15th-century sailboats by way of unruly seas, but da Gama correctly took Dias's advice...

Nucup says that da Gama was following the example of Columbus, who had won over native leaders with simple European goods like bells, flannel and metalwork. On his way, he threatened African leaders along with his canons in trade for vows of loyalty to Portugal, however nothing compares to the marketing campaign of terror he waged along India's Malabar Coast. There was nothing straightforward about navigating 15th-century sailboats by way of unruly seas, but da Gama correctly took Dias's advice...