The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama

The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama
Author: Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521646291

Presents the life and career of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama focusing on a blend of the facts and legends around him.

The Last Crusade

The Last Crusade
Author: Nigel Cliff
Publisher: Atlantic
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2013
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 9781848870192

Originally published in hardcover as: Holy war. New York: HarperCollins, c2011.

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama
Author: Tony Napoli
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781598451276

"Examines the life of explorer Vasco da Gama, including his childhood in Portugal, his three expeditions to India, opening up the spice trade and expanding Portugal's empire, and his legacy in world history"--Provided by publisher.

Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India

Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India
Author: Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography
ISBN: 1438102488

This Portuguese navigator's initial voyage to India in 1497-1499 opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. This changed the world's balance of power and helped make his home country one of the richest and pow

Da Gama

Da Gama
Author: Robin Santos Doak
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780756501242

This book describes the voyages of Vasco de Gama, who opened trade with Portugal and India by sailing around the continent of Africa.

Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gama
Author: Katharine Bailey
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778724216

For ages 8-14. This exciting book tells the story of the relentless and at times tyrannical explorer Vasco da Gama who helped Portugal search for a trade route to the lucrative spice trade of the Far East. Discover his role in the development of Portuguese spice plantations in India and New World colonies, and his involvement in the slave trade of Africa.