Vasco da Gama : Renaissance crusader /
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| Author / Creator: | Ames, Glenn Joseph. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Pearson/Longman, c2005. |
| Description: | xviii, 172 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of world biography |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5619357 |
Table of Contents:
- Editor's Preface
- Author's Preface
- Major Personalities
- Chronology
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- 1. The Allure of the Sea: Africa and Beyond, 1415-1497
- 2. The Epic First Voyage, Preparations and the Coasts of Africa, 1497-1498
- 3. The Epic First Voyage, India and the Return Home, 1498-1499
- 4. The Spoils of Success: Wealth, Fame, and a Second Voyage to India, 1499-1503
- 5. The Good Life: Twenty Years of Family and Fortune in Portugal, ca 1504 - 1523. 6. 'Viceroy' of India, 1524: The Culmination of a Life and a Career
- Epilogue
- A Note on the Sources
- Glossary
- Index
