Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India

Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India
ISBN-10
1438102488
ISBN-13
9781438102481
Category
Biography
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Infobase Publishing
Authors
William H. Goetzmann, Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

Description

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

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