Vasco Da Gama: The Portuguese Quest for a Sea Route from Europe to India

by Allison Stark Draper

Following a route pioneered by Bartolomeo Dias around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama's fifteenth-century voyage to India virtually changed the global economy and helped Portugal secure its position as a world power. This biography details the explorer's three voyages, his diplomatic problems with African countries, and gives voice to the period using primary and secondary source quotations.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823936325
• ISBN13: 9780823936328
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8