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Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire

Door Roger Crowley

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#411134-XU23
Titel	Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire
Auteur	Crowley, Roger
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Faber & Faber
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	0571290892
ISBN13	9780571290895
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	"As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade. This is an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Drawing ... (Lees verder)on extensive first-hand accounts, it brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men such as Afonso de Albuquerque, the first European since Alexander the Great to found an Asian empire - who set in motion five hundred years of European colonisation and unleashed the forces of globalisation." --Publisher description.
Pagina's	412
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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