Birth at Sines
· Sines, Alentejo, Portugal

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International · file Vasco da Gama was born at the Alentejo seaport of Sines; the precise year is disputed, with sources placing it around 1460 or 1469. Birth year is uncertain; the article gives c. 1460 and notes an alternative of 1469. Coordinates represent Sines.