Vasco Da Gama: The Diary of His Travels Through African Waters 1497-1499 by Axelson, Eric
Vasco Da Gama: The Diary of His Travels Through African Waters 1497-1499 by Axelson, Eric
Hardcover
ISBN 9780620223881 / 062022388X
Publisher: Stephan Phillips (Pty) Ltd , 1998 First Edition.
Condition: Like new. This book is in an excellent condition. The cover have some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Neat Gift Inscription on First page.The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Vasco da Gama (c1469-1524), Portuguese explorer and seafarer, was the first European to reach India by sea. This diary is a narrative of that journey, when da Gama’s ship, the Sao Gabriel set off from Lisbon and sailed via the Azores and Brazil, to the cape of Good Hope and the Malabar Coast of India.
Book 102pp color illustrations with color frontispiece of da Gama.
