600-Year-Old Rare Coin Found In Kenya May Change History

Meera Dolasia
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:42:06 -0700

Thanks to the discovery numerous Portuguese chronicles, historians have always believed that it was Vasco Da Gama, the Portuguese explorer that sailed around Africa to India and back between 1497 and 1499, who first began trading with East Africa. However, the recent discovery of a rare coin in Kenya, may convince them to rethink that theory.