The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama
Autor Sanjay Subrahmanyamen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 1998
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521646291
ISBN-10: 0521646294
Pagini: 428
Ilustrații: 30 b/w illus. 4 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0521646294
Pagini: 428
Ilustrații: 30 b/w illus. 4 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface; 1. Overture: bones of contention; 2. The heritage of Santiago; 3. To Calicut and back; 4. The attempt to consolidate; 5. The wilderness years; 6. A career culminates; Finale: the judgements of posterity; Bibliography.
Recenzii
'… exhaustively documented, and dense with information.' The Times Literary Supplement
'Subrahmanyam is an exemplary scholar. His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed.' The Sunday Times
' … a book notable as much for its formidable scholarship as for the boldness and breadth of its conception'. Cultura
' … an outstanding biography … which makes it easy to follow Vasco Da Gama's career'. Business Standard
'Subrahmanyam is an exemplary scholar. His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed.' The Sunday Times
' … a book notable as much for its formidable scholarship as for the boldness and breadth of its conception'. Cultura
' … an outstanding biography … which makes it easy to follow Vasco Da Gama's career'. Business Standard
Descriere
A revisionist account of Vasco da Gama, discoverer of the India sea route, 1497–99.