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Vasco da Gama : first European to reach India by sea / Jennifer Landau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Spotlight on explorers and colonizationPublisher: New York : Rosen Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illusrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781477788271 (library bound)
  • 1477788271 (library bound)
  • 9781477788257 (pbk.)
  • 1477788255 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Searching for a new route -- The age of discovery -- Early life of an explorer -- Heading out to sea -- Making a vow -- Rounding the Cape -- Tension in Mozambique -- Mombasa and Malindi -- A dream fulfilled -- Meeting the Zamorin -- The voyage home -- A cause for celebration -- Cabral's journey to India -- Da Gama's second voyage -- The Miri -- A standoff in Calicut -- A fierce battle -- Years at home -- An explorer's final voyage.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Gama, V. L253 Available 33111008480408
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was a bold and brutal adventurer who was the first European to find an all-sea route to India. Along the way, he made contact with local people in South Africa, Mozambique, and the Indian kingdom of Calicut. Though revered in his time for helping Portugal become a powerful force on the world stage, da Gama is also remembered as a controversial figure for his forceful and cruel behavior in Africa and India. This warts-and-all biography identifies da Gama's achievements while also offering an unsparing examination of the darker aspects of his life and legacy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Searching for a new route -- The age of discovery -- Early life of an explorer -- Heading out to sea -- Making a vow -- Rounding the Cape -- Tension in Mozambique -- Mombasa and Malindi -- A dream fulfilled -- Meeting the Zamorin -- The voyage home -- A cause for celebration -- Cabral's journey to India -- Da Gama's second voyage -- The Miri -- A standoff in Calicut -- A fierce battle -- Years at home -- An explorer's final voyage.

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