<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika 1498 mvumbuzi Mreno Vasco da Gama aliwasili katika eneo la Malabar, na kuanzisha mji wa Goa.  <response>: Down on the Malabar coast, the great Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed in 1498, paving the way for his countrymen to form a settlement in Goa. 