![]() ![]() ![]() This merchandise included wash basins, clothes, sugar, honey, corals, glass beads and trinkets, and turned out to be neither adequate in quality nor in quantity for its purpose. ![]() The provisions of the convoy were based on the expectation that the voyage would last three years merchandise intended for the Indian market was also brought along. A supply ship, name São Miguel: The ship was a carrack of about 110 or 200 tons with Gonçalo Nunes as captain.Key people were: Nicolau Coelho, captain, Pedro Escobar pilot, and Álvaro de Braga, clerk. Only carrying lateen sails, it was the smallest and swiftest of the convoy with a tonnage of 50–90 t. Bérrio, also known as São Miguel: This caravel was named after its former owner.Paulo da Gama, Vasco's brother, was the captain, other people include João de Coimbra, pilot, and João de Sá, clerk. It was of similar dimensions as São Gabriel. São Rafael: The sister ship of São Gabriel, built by the same builder at the same time for the same purpose.These were the other three ships according to him: Velho indicated that the sources agreed that the armada contained four ships, but there was disagreement about the names. São Gabriel was the flagship of Vasco da Gama's armada on his first voyage to India in 1497–1499. This depiction from about 1558 also shows São Rafael (top) and Bérrio. ![]()
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