K. G. Jayne

Vasco da Gama and his Successors, 1460-1580

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This in-depth study of Vasco da Gama and his successors offers a fascinating look at the history of European exploration and colonization in the 15th and 16th centuries. Drawing on extensive research, author Kingsley Garland Jayne provides a nuanced view of the Portuguese navigators who opened up new worlds of trade and commerce. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781019892060
• ISBN-10: 1019892064
• Artikelnr.: 71661331

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. The Early Discoverers, c. 1415-1497 1. The Making of Portugal 2.
Prince Henry the Navigator 3. Seamen and Slaves 4. Cão, Dias and Columbus
Part 2. Vasco da Gama, 1497-1524 5. By Sea to India: The Start 6. By Sea to
India: Rounding the Cape 7. By Sea to India: Civilized Africa 8. By Sea to
India: Calicut 9. Vasco da Gama's Second Voyage 10. Vasco da Gama in
Retirement Part 3. From Sea-Power to Empire, 1505-1548 11. D. Francisco de
Almeida 12. Albuquerque the Conqueror: Goa and Malacca 13. Albuquerque the
Conqueror: Aden and Ormuz 14. Albuquerque: the Statesman 15. King Manoel
the Fortunate: 1495-1521 16. D. Vaso da Gama, Viceroy 17. D. João de Castro
18. A Red Sea Raid 19. The Epos of Diu 20. The Last of the Heroes Part 4.
Judaism, Humanism and the Church 21. The Jews in Portugal 22. At the
University of Paris 23. The Trial of George Buchanan 24. An Act of Faith
25. The Church in the East 26. Francis Xavier in Goa 27. Xavier Among the
Pearl-Fishers 28. Xavier in the Malay Isles 29. A Pious Pirate 30. The
First Mission to Japan 31. The Portuguese in China 32. Xavier: the End
Part 5. Art and Literature 33. The Art and Literature of Discovery 34.
Camões at Coimbra 35. Camões at Court 36. Camões in the East 37. Camões:
Last Years Part 6. The Decline of Portugal, 1548-1580 38. The Last Crusade
39. The Decadence and its Causes 40. The Fidalguia