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The career and legend of Vasco da Gama / Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.Description: xxiii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0521470722
- 9780521470728
- ARCH FRBC 910.92 S941V
- G286.G2 S83 1997
Contents:
Summary: Presents the life and career of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama focusing on a blend of the facts and legends around him.
Preface -- Overture: bones of contention -- The heritage of Santiago -- To Calicut and back -- The attempt to consolidate -- The wilderness years -- A career culminates -- Finale: the judgements of posterity -- Bibliography.
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SAIACS Archives Room | Frykenberg Collection | ARCH FRBC 910.92 S941V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 066812 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-390) and index.
Preface -- Overture: bones of contention -- The heritage of Santiago -- To Calicut and back -- The attempt to consolidate -- The wilderness years -- A career culminates -- Finale: the judgements of posterity -- Bibliography.
Presents the life and career of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama focusing on a blend of the facts and legends around him.
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