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Landau, Jennifer.
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Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Portugual -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
India -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
India -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
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Landau, Jennifer.
Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Portugual -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
India -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
India -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
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Vasco
da
Gama
:
first
European
to
reach
India
by
sea
/ Jennifer Landau.
by
Landau, Jennifer.
Rosen Publishing, c2017.
Call #:
910.92 G184L
Subjects
Gama
,
Vasco
da
, 1469-1524 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Portugual -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
India
-- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
India
-- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Spotlight on explorers and colonization.
ISBN:
9781477788257 (pbk.)
1477788255 (pbk.)
Description:
48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
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.
Summary:
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
Gamas achievements while also offering an unsparing examination of the darker aspects of his life and legacy.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
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Tantallon Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
910.92 G184L
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