merchant of Jewish origin who acts as interpreter and provides many services to the Portuguese
1444 CE
to 1520 CE
Gaspar da Gama (Poznań (Poland) or Alexandria (Egypt) 1444 - Calicut or Lisbon, c. 1510 - 1520) is a merchant of Jewish origin who acts as interpreter ("Língua", in old Portuguese) and provides many services to the Portuguese, since he first approached Vasco da Gama fleet returning from the first travel from Europe to India.
He is known to speak several languages of thed East and West .
He sails with several Portuguese fleets between Europe and India, including the fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral that discovers Brazil.