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A brief biography of Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.

In 1490s Portugal, Abel Zakuto, a Jewish banker with a keen interest in mapmaking and sea navigation, encourages explorers Magellan, da Gama, and Diaz to find the elusive sea route around the "Devil's Cave"--the Cape of Good Hope--to India, which would enable Portugal to dominate the spice trade.

Tells the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul in France during the early years of World War II, who defied the policies of Portugal's prime minister Dr. Antonio Oliviera de Salazar by signing visas that allowed ten thousand Jews to escape the Nazi death camps.

A brief biography of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, that chronicles the life and adventures of the first man to sail around the world.

"The story of the "ultimate footballer," Cristiano Ronaldo. Covers the star's youth in Madeira, his nicknames, his record with Manchester United, and includes a list of the numerous awards he has received"--Provided by publisher.

Examines everything from Ronaldo's childhood and early difficulties to becoming one of the best soccer players in the world.

"The stifling summer streets of Lisbon are teeming with spies and informers when Andrea Aspinall, a brilliant English mathematician turned spy, disappears under a new identity. Double agent Karl Voss, experienced in the illusions of intrigue, arrives in Lisbon under the German Legation, though he is secretly plotting against the Nazis. In the lethal tranquility of a corrupted paradise, Andrea and Karl meet and embark on a brief, intense love affair."--back cover.

A biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, describes how he replaced his deceased father on a mission to India and became the first to find a direct route to Asia via the Cap of Good Hope.

Presents a comprehensive study of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama, and describes his quest to find a sea route to the East Indies and the beginning of the European trade route.