Join host Griffin Rowe as he chronicles Vasco da Gama's legendary 1497 voyage to India—a journey that shattered trade monopolies and unleashed violence across the Indian Ocean. This series explores the darker truth behind exploration's heroic myths, revealing how one navigator's ambition forged the blueprint for European empire-building.

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Griffin Rowe explores how Portugal's 16th-century fortified trading posts, pioneered after Vasco da Gama's voyages, created the template for European colonialism. From Cochin to Mozambique, this coastal strategy shaped global power and still influences modern geopolitics.

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Griffin Rowe examines Vasco da Gama's 1502 return to India with twenty warships, revealing how Portugal's age of exploration became an age of armed dominance. The episode traces the bombardment of Calicut and explores how commercial empire was built on systematic naval coercion, not consensual trade.

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Griffin Rowe explores how Vasco da Gama's 1497 voyage to India shattered Venice's spice monopoly and transformed global commerce. By charting a direct sea route from Lisbon to the Malabar Coast, Portugal bypassed centuries-old trade networks, triggering Venice's economic decline and redistributing wealth across continents.

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