| A Long and Uncertain Journey: The 27,000 Mile Voyage of Vasco Da Gama Contributor(s): Goodman, Joan (Author), McNeely, Tom (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 096504937X ISBN-13: 9780965049375 Publisher: Mikaya Press OUR PRICE: $19.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2001 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Five years after Columbus sailed off to find a sea route to the Orient, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama went on the same quest. His epic, 27,000 mile journey around the bottom of Africa was filled with danger, treachery, sacrifice, cruelty and acts of extraordinary courage. By the time da Gama returned, half his ships were gone, and two thirds of his crew were dead, but he had found what Columbus had not. Da Gama brought back tales of East African and Asian marketplaces overflowing with riches, of rulers who wore emeralds and rubies and pearls the size of grapes, of ships and cannons that were no match for those of the Portuguese. Portugal would soon send more ships and more cannons. The rest of Europe would follow. And the world would never be the same. Joan Elizabeth Goodman's narrative captures both the drama of da Gama's voyage and its central place in world history. Tom McNeely's fluid watercolors give the reader a visceral sense of an unknown world unfolding before the explorer's eyes. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00063795 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 10.24" W x 10.23" (1.23 lbs) 48 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Goodman, Joan: - by Joan Elizabeth Goodman; illustrations by Tom McNeely |