GAMA (Vasco de), a Portuguese admiral, celebrated for his discovery of the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, was born at Synes; and, in 1497, was sent to the Indies by king Emanuel: he returned in 1502, and sailed thither again with 13 vessels richly laden. He was made viceroy of the Indies by king John III.; and died at Cochin, on the 24th of December 1525. Don Stephen and Don Christopher de Gama, his sons, were also viceroys of the Indies, and celebrated in history.