Vasco Da Gama and the Linking of Europe and Asia

Product Description This volume of thirty-one essays provides a thorough re-evaluation of Vasco Da Gama's voyage, the circumstances surrounding it, and its short- and long-term economic, cultural, political, and religious significance. The book challenges the view that Portuguese influence in maritime Asia wasonly minor. About the Author Anthony Disney, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, La Trobe University. Emily Booth, Lecturer, Deakin University.