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K.G. Jayne
Vasco da Gama and his Successors, 1460–1580

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Vasco da Gama and His Successors (1970) looks at a range of Portuguese explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the most important being Vasco da Gama, whose first voyage to India ushered in a period of European conquest and empire, and established direct and permanent contact between Europe and the Far East.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 394 ● ISBN 9781000858044 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2023 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8868323 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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