gama, vasco da

Text and illustrations survey Vasco da Gama's journey to find a sea route from Spain to India in the fifteenth century, describing Magellan's life before the voyage, his ships and crew, his arrival in India and his journey home, and his brutality upon his second voyage to India on orders from the King of Portugal. Also provides a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

Discusses the travels of Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator and other Portugese explorers who helped establish an extensive empire for their country.

A biography of the Portuguese explorer who opened up the lands to the east of Europe by discovering a waterway to India.

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world.

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.