[PDF.17zw] Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations

Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations

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 | #551630 in Books |  2011-09-06 |  2011-09-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.65 x6.00l,1.75 | File type: PDF | 560 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Well done.|By Glenn D. Robinson|I learned a great deal about Portugal and this time period that I just did not know too much about before hand. While most know about the Pope's split of the world between Portugal and Spain, Prince Henry the Navigator and the basics, I had not known much about the politics of Portugal, the true competition between Columbus and Da Gama and many m| |“Lively and ambitious . . . Cliff has a novelist’s gift for depicting character . . . he brings 16th century Portugal in all its splendor and squalor pungently to life.” (Eric Ormsby, New York Times Book )

HistorianNigel Cliff delivers a sweeping, radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama’spioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point inthe struggle between Christianity and Islam—a series of events which foreveraltered the relationship between East and West. Perfect for readers of Endurance:Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, Galileo’sDaughter, and Atlantic, th...

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