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Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama

Subrahmanyam Sanjay
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780521646291
Publisert
1998-10-29
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
610 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, U, 06, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
428

Forfatter
Subrahmanyam Sanjay

Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama

Subrahmanyam Sanjay
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk
Subrahmanyam Sanjay
Heftet / 1998 / Engelsk
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'… 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

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' … an outstanding biography … which makes it easy to follow Vasco Da Gama's career'. Business Standard

Vasco da Gama (?1469–1524) is well known as one of a generation of discoverers, along with Magellan, Cabral, and Columbus. Yet little is known about his life, or about the context within which he 'discovered' the all-sea route to India in 1497–99. This book, based on a mass of published and unpublished sources in Portuguese and other languages, delineates Gama's career and social context, focusing on the delicate balance between 'career' and 'legend'. The book addresses broad questions of myth-building and nationalism, while never losing sight of Gama himself.
Les mer
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.
Les mer
A revisionist account of Vasco da Gama, discoverer of the India sea route, 1497–99.

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'… 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

Se alle

' … an outstanding biography … which makes it easy to follow Vasco Da Gama's career'. Business Standard

Vasco da Gama (?1469–1524) is well known as one of a generation of discoverers, along with Magellan, Cabral, and Columbus. Yet little is known about his life, or about the context within which he 'discovered' the all-sea route to India in 1497–99. This book, based on a mass of published and unpublished sources in Portuguese and other languages, delineates Gama's career and social context, focusing on the delicate balance between 'career' and 'legend'. The book addresses broad questions of myth-building and nationalism, while never losing sight of Gama himself.
Les mer
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.
Les mer
A revisionist account of Vasco da Gama, discoverer of the India sea route, 1497–99.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780521646291
Publisert
1998-10-29
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
610 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, U, 06, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
428

Forfatter
Subrahmanyam Sanjay

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