You could cook and eat a curry made from his envoy's limbs.
— Vasco da Gama Early Modern

Sea route to India

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Message conveyed to the Zamorin of Calicut after Vasco da Gama had cut off the nose, ears, and hands of a Brahmin envoy and strung them around his neck.

Date / Period

1502

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Found in 1 providers: gemini

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