Conquerors : how Portugal forged the first global empire
Record details
- ISBN: 0812994000
- ISBN: 9780812994001
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Physical Description:
print
xxv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The prow of Europe -- Reconnaissance : the route to the Indies. The India plan ; The race ; Vasco da Gama ; "The Devil take you!" ; The Samudri -- Contest : monopolies and holy war. Cabral ; The fate of the Miri ; Fury and vengeance ; Toeholds ; The Kingdom of India ; The great whore of Babylon ; "The terrible" ; Three days at Chaul ; "The wrath of the Franks" ; Diu -- Conquest : the Lion of the Sea. The doors of the Samudri ; "What the Portuguese win they never give up" ; Prisoners of the rain ; The uses of terror ; To the eye of the sun ; The wax bullet ; "All the riches of the world in your hands" ; The last voyage ; "They never stop in one place".
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 909.097 CRO (Text) | 36015000691374 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
