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The last crusade, the epic voyages of Vasco da Gama, Nigel Cliff

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The last crusade, the epic voyages of Vasco da Gama, Nigel Cliff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-526) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last crusade

Nature of contents

bibliography

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809272916

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Nigel Cliff

Sub title

the epic voyages of Vasco da Gama

Summary

In 1498 a young captain named Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage ever undertaken at that time. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East in an era when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had risen to a new level of intensity. In two voyages that spanned six years, da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents

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Epic voyages of Vasco da Gama

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