A Long and Uncertain Journey
Subtitle: The 27,000 Mile Voyage of Vasco Da Gama (Great Explorers)
Contributors: Tom McNeely (Illustrator)
Publisher: Mikaya Press
Published: April 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780965049375
Subjects: Gama, Vasco da,; Juvenile literature; Discoveries in geography; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Portuguese; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; Children: Grades 2-3; History - Exploration & Discovery; Explorers; Discoveries in geography - Portuguese - Juvenile literature; Explorers - Portugal - Biography - Juvenile literature; Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 - Journeys - Juvenile literature; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Exploration & Discovery; Biography; Portugal; Travel; 1469-1524
First sentence: Over five hundred years ago, King Manuel of Portugal sent four ships, commanded by Vasco da Gama, to find the sea route to India and bring back the most valuable commodities of the Middle Ages-spices.