Many times in these travels he demonstrated a quick mind that saved his companions. He first came to India in 1532 with his brother, returned to Portugal in 1535, then joined Garcia de Noronha in sailing to Diu 6 April 1538.
Richard Burton, in his First Footsteps in East Africa, referred to Gama as 'the most chivalrous soldier of a chivalrous age.' Early career Ĭristóvão (or Christopher) da Gama was the son of navigator Vasco da Gama and the younger brother of Estêvão da Gama. He, along with the allied Ethiopian army, was victorious against Adal forces in four battles, but he was seriously wounded in his last battle and was captured, tortured, and executed by Imam Ahmad. 1516 – 29 August 1542), anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led a Portuguese army of 400 musketeers on a crusade in Ethiopia (1541–1543) against the Adal Muslim army of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (also known as Ahmad Guray). Leader of a Portuguese military expedition in EthiopiaĬristóvão da Gama ( c.
