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Sea road to the Indies; an account of the voyages and exploits of the Portuguese navigators, together with the life and times of Dom Vasco da Gama, Capitão-Mór, Viceroy of India and Count of Vidigueira.
- Title
- Sea road to the Indies; an account of the voyages and exploits of the Portuguese navigators, together with the life and times of Dom Vasco da Gama, Capitão-Mór, Viceroy of India and Count of Vidigueira.
- Author
- Hart, Henry H. (Henry Hersch), 1886-1968
- Publication
- New York, Macmillan, 1950.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 1003.376.43 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 296 pages map (on lining papers); 22 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 275-291.
- Contents
- Pt. 1: The forerunners: Portugal -- Prince Henry the Navigator -- Early deep-sea ventures -- Bartholomeu Dias and the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope -- The mission of Pero de Covilhan -- The building of the armada -- Pt. 2: Vasco da Gama, the capitao-mor: Vasco da Gama's early life -- The ships' companies -- The departure -- The sailing of the fleet -- Africa -- Malabar and Calicut -- The Portuguese in Calicut -- The voyage home -- The return of Vasco da Gama -- Portugal, 1499-1502 -- The voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral -- Lisbon in 1502 -- The narrative of the second voyage -- Portugal, 1503-1524 -- India, 1502-1524 -- The third voyage of Vasco da Gama, his viceroyalty and death -- The burial place of Vasco da Gama -- Vasco da Gama the man -- The contribution of Vasco da Gama and his discovery of the sea road to the Indies.
- ISBN
- 0837151651
- 9780837151656
- LCCN
- 50009487
- OCLC
- ocm01049789
- 1049789
- SCSB-588384
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library