THE QUEST FOR THE INDIES: VASCO DA GAMA

THE QUEST FOR THE INDIES: VASCO DA GAMA. OCEANOS N.º 33. DIR. ANTÓNIO MANUEL HESPANHA; LISBOA: COMISSÃO NACIONAL PARA AS COMEMORAÇÕES DOS DESCOBRIMENTOS PORTUGUESES, 1998. DE 38X27 CM. COM 162 PÁGS. ILUST. B.

Indice: The islamicisation of the Coastal Regions of India at the time of Vasco da gama’s Voyage of Discovery; Dharma and Artha: Religion and Polities at the source of the idea of empire and royalty in Indostan; Prophecies and Spells: Gaspar Correia and the first voyage of Vasco da Gama; Vasco da Gama, Prester John of the Indies and the St. Thomas Christians; Vasco da Gama: an Imaginary Biography; Vasco da Gama in the land of India; Diogo do Couto’s Tratado dos Gamas;…