He helped set up voyages to Asia for great captains like Vasco da Gama.

他帮助像瓦斯科达伽马这样的伟大船长安排了前往亚洲的航行。

It was da Gama who, in 1498, made the great discovery of a sea route to India.

1498 年， 达·伽马发现了通往印度的海路。

Vasco da Gama became a national hero, and Portugal began building forts and trading posts on the African and Indian coasts.

瓦斯科达伽马成为民族英雄，葡萄牙开始在非洲和印度海岸建造堡垒和贸易站。

And in the blue corner is Vasco da Gama, from scrappy little Portugal, who managed to introduce Europeans to the Indian Ocean trade network.

在蓝色角落的是瓦斯科达伽马，他来自好斗的小葡萄牙，他成功地将欧洲人引入了印度洋贸易网络。

When famous explorers like Columbus and da Gama and Magellan left Europe in their ships, they weren’t looking for a new world.; they were looking for spices.

当哥伦布、达伽马和麦哲伦等著名探险家乘船离开欧洲时，他们并不是在寻找新世界。他们正在寻找香料。

For more than five centuries now since Vasco Da Gama discovered the Cape of Good Hope and opened up the Indian ocean directly to European trade, Venice has never again managed to regain its prior historical significance.

自瓦斯科·达·伽马发现好望角并直接将印度洋开放给欧洲贸易以来，这五个多世纪，威尼斯再也没有恢复其先前的历史地位。