This exciting new 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 0778724573
- ISBN13 9780778724575
- Publish Date 1 January 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English