São Jerónimo
1502
(Rodkling Historical Series RKHS-10)
- Type: Nao (3m)
- Displacement: 108-239 toneladas
- Dimensions: 97 x 26 x 11 ft.
- Crew: 40
- Builder: Lisbon, Portugal, ca. 1500
- Notes: Flagship of Vasco da Gama for his second voyage to India as part of Portugal's Fourth India Armada of 1502. This was the first India armada for which the vintena de Belém was introduced, that is, a 5% tax on profits of private trading earmarked for the construction and maintenance of the Jerónimos Monastery in the Belém district of Lisbon.
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