Entry Number One Hundred Ninety...
It was around August 4, 1498 that Zamorin enforced that da Gama was to pay a heavy tax and leave all the Portuguese goods as deed. As expected, Vasco da Gama was enraged with this; he took five hostages and stole a letter from Zamorin stating that India would trade with the Portuguese if they could get a hold of scarlet cloth, coral, silver, and gold. He and the crew (along with me) departed Calicut, India.