Da Gama: Vasco Da Gama Sails Around the Cape of Good Hope

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Capstone, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 48 pages
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.

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Da Gama: Vasco Da Gama Sails Around the Cape of Good Hope
Robin Santos Doak
Limited preview - 2002
Da Gama: Vasco Da Gama Sails Around the Cape of Good Hope
Robin S. Doak
Limited preview - 2001

About the author (2002)

Robin S. Doak has been writing for children for more than 19 years. A former editor of Weekly Reader and U*S*Kids magazine, Doak has authored fun and educational materials for kids of all ages. She is a past winner of the Educational Press Association of America Distinguished Achievement Award. She lives with her family in Maine.

Bibliographic information

TitleDa Gama: Vasco Da Gama Sails Around the Cape of Good Hope
Exploring the world
AuthorRobin Santos Doak
Editionillustrated
PublisherCapstone, 2002
ISBN0756501245, 9780756501242
Length48 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
Biography & Autobiography / General
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Exploration & Discovery
  
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