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Stories of the exploits of discoverers from the time of the Crusaders to the day of great Portuguese explorers.

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:478419
Main Author: Lucas, Mary Seymour
Other Authors: Falls, C. B. (Charles Buckles), 1874-1960 (illus.)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Viking Press, 1943.
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Monograph

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Table of Contents:
  • Trade in the time of the Crusades
  • The rise of the Mongols
  • Opening the way for trade
  • The Polos -most famous of the traders
  • The last of the early missionaries and the decline of the Mongols
  • The sea of darkness
  • Portugal to the front
  • Past the Cape!
  • Development of ships and navigation
  • The first natives
  • The coast grows
  • The years after Henry's death
  • The kingdom of Kongo
  • Sofala and the Cape of Storms
  • The line of demarcation
  • "Christians and spices"
  • Da Gama in India
  • India by way of Brazil
  • Francisco D'Almeida -first viceroy of India
  • Rebellion
  • Affonso D'Albuquerque -menace of the Moslems
  • The gates swing wide
  • Europeans in the Far East.