Bibliograph

Vasco da Gama, quest for the spice trade, Katharine Bailey

Type

Label

Vasco da Gama, quest for the spice trade, Katharine Bailey

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

For primary school age

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vasco da Gama

Responsibility statement

Katharine Bailey

Series statement

In the footsteps of explorers

Sub title

quest for the spice trade

Summary

This exciting book tells the story of the relentless and at times tyrannical explorer Vasco da Gama who helped Portugal search for a trade route to the lucrative spice trade of the Far East. Discover his role in the development of Portuguese spice plantations in India and New World colonies, and his involvement in the slave trade of Africa

Target audience

primary

Creator