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DiaporamaVasco da Gama being presented to the ruler of Calicut, Zamorin (Samudra Raja)
John Hamilton Moore (1738 – 1807)
John Hamilton Moore (1738-1807): Scottish navigator, chartseller & artist known for detailed maritime art & 'The New Practical Navigator'. Explore 18th-century cartography!
National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bangalore, India)
Discover India’s biodiversity at NCBS Bangalore! Explore ecosystems & scientific collections from molecules to ecology. A research museum showcasing Indian biology & conservation.
The search for sea routes to India from Europe to directly acquire Asian commodities was the driving force behind the Voyages of Discovery that profoundly changed the map of the world and world history. As Asian commodities became essential items of European life, domination of Asian trade by Asian and Middle Eastern merchants became a source of increasing financial cost to European consumers, particularly to Portugal and Spain at the western-most end of the European continent. Since the early part of the 15th century Spain and Portugal had been competing to find a direct sea route to the commodity markets of India and Asia. At the end of the 15th century the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, under the patronage of the Spanish monarchy, set out from Spain on a western route, underestimating the circumference of the earth and expecting a shorter route to India in that direction. Columbus
About this artwork
- Title: Vasco da Gama being presented to the ruler of Calicut, Zamorin (Samudra Raja)
- Artist: John Hamilton Moore
- Year: 1700
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: National Centre for Biological Sciences
- Movement: Baroque
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Keywords: vasco da gama , baroque illustration , orientalism art
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