Event
Explorers reaching India
Our explorers have reached India and are now eagerly engaging in small-scale trades with the locals. Now we need to act quickly to exploit these new developments and secure trading rights in India for ourselves. The lands around Goa would serve as the perfect place for our trade operations.
PortugalCountrydynamic historical event.tag, triggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_por.txt:331
332type = country_event
333title = flavor_por.7.title Explorers reaching India
334desc = flavor_por.7.desc Our explorers have reached India and are now eagerly engaging in small-scale trades with the locals. Now we need to act quickly to exploit these new developments and secure trading rights in India for ourselves. The lands around Goa would serve as the perfect place for our trade operations.
335outcome = neutral
337fire_only_once = yes
345illustration_tags = {
34610 = regular
34710 = exterior
}
350immediate = {
}
}
366historical_info = flavor_por.7.historical_info Vasco da Gama became the first Portuguese to reach India when he landed near Kozhikode (Calicut) on May 20, 1498. Despite protests from Arab merchants, da Gama managed to secure trading rights with the Zamorin ruler but later failed to produce the gold required to pay for the customs fees. On the whole, da Gama's expedition turned out to be very profitable as the value of the cargo brought back was sixty times the cost of the expedition.