Koestler-Grack R.A. Vasco da Gama and the Sea Route to India

Chelsea House Publishers, 2006. — 165 p. — (Explorers of New Lands). — ISBN10: 0-7910-8611-9; ISBN13: 9780791086117.This Portuguese navigator's initial voyage to India in 1497-1499 opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. This changed the world's balance of power and helped make his home country one of the richest and powerful in the world.Introduction by William H. Goetzmann
Conquering the Impossible
A Brave Seaman
Sailing the Fleet
Along Africa
Trouble in Mozambique
India!
The Voyage Home
Dom Vasco da Gama Sails Again
Da Gama as Viceroy
Chronology and Timeline
NotesFurther Reading