As it turns out, the name of the legendary Vasco da Gama is associated with many secrets and mysteries. So, for example, the question is controversial: who took the initiative to organize the expedition that opened the sea route to India? Why was her preparation carried out in the strictest secrecy? Who and why chose Vasco da Gama as the commander of the fleet that went to the East? In order to answer these questions, the author invites the reader to look into the era of the Great Geographical Discoveries, which changed and expanded the boundaries of the world of medieval man, and, together with the Portuguese discoverers and chroniclers, make a journey full of dangers, surprises and intrigue, from Portugal to the shores of fabulous India. In the book, the author puts forward a bold and original hypothesis that Vasco da Gama may have been the discoverer of Brazil.