# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaspar-da-gama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:19:07.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaspar-da-gama"
name: "Gaspar da Gama"
slug: "gaspar-da-gama"
description: "Gaspar da Gama, also known as Gaspar da India and Gaspar de Almeida, was an interpreter and guide to several Portuguese exploratory fleets. He was of Jewish origin and was probably born in Poznań in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1498 he was taken captive aboard Vasco da Gama's fleet on its return voyage to Portugal from India. He was known to speak multiple languages including Hebrew and Chaldean, as well as a mixture of Italian and Spanish."
tagline: "Polish interpreter"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1444"
deathDate: "1510"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.633012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar de Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%94"
    title: "גשפר דה גמה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_da_Gama"
    title: "Gaspar da Gama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2777058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump