The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama Paperback - 2012
by Cliff, Nigel
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- Title The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama
- Author Cliff, Nigel
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harpercollins , New York
- Date 2012-08
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1370121
- ISBN 9780061735134 / 0061735132
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.17 x 0.98 in (20.98 x 13.13 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Cultural Region: African
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Cultural Region: Spanish
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects East and West, Gama, Vasco da
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011021331
- Dewey Decimal Code 909.4
From the rear cover
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.
The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies, intrigue, and treachery--of bravado, brinkmanship, and confused, often comical collisions between cultures--offering a surprising new interpretation of the broad sweep of history.
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- New York Times Book Review, 09/23/2012, Page 24
