1542
Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (born 1516)
Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (born 1516)
Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (born 1516)
Cristóvão da Gama
16th-century Portuguese military commander
- Died
- 1542
Cristóvão da Gama, anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led an army of 400 musketeers on a crusade in Ethiopia (1541–1543) against the Muslim Adal army of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. He was the son of explorer Vasco da Gama.