Conquerors: How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire
by:
Roger Crowley (author)
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East -...
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As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780571290895 (0571290892)
ASIN: 571290892
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages no: 412
Edition language: English
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