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Conquerors : how Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the first global empire (engelsk)
Af Roger Crowley (2015)
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 30 years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Format
illustreret
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Klassemærke
97.45
ISBN
9780571290895
Omfang
viii, 412 sider
Forlag
Faber & Faber
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer