Ages 8 to 14 years. This exciting book tells the story of the relentless and at times tyrannical explorer Vasco da Gama who helped Portugal search for a trade route to the lucrative spice trade of the Far East. Discover his role in the development of Portuguese spice plantations in India and New World colonies, and his involvement in the slave trade of Africa.
- ISBN10 0778724212
- ISBN13 9780778724216
- Publish Date 1 April 2007 (first published 15 March 2007)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English