Cristóvão Da Gama
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Evora |
Portugal | |
Date of died | August 29,1542 |
Died | Ofla |
Ethiopia | |
Siblings | Estêvão da Gama |
Isabel d'Ataide da Gama | |
Francisco da Gama | |
Paulo da Gama | |
Parents | Vasco da Gama |
Catarina de Ataíde | |
Grandparents | Isabel Sodré |
Estêvão da Gama | |
Uncles | Paulo da Gama |
Aires da Gama | |
Pedro da Gama | |
João Sodré da Gama | |
Job | Soldier |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1497094 |
Cristóvão Da Gama Life story
Cristóvão da Gama, anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led a Portuguese army of 400 musketeers on a crusade in Ethiopia against the far larger Adal Muslim army of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi aided by the Ottoman Empire.