Sail! can you command a sea voyage?
By: Julia Bruce.
Series: Step into history
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766034778
Subjects: Seafaring life -- Juvenile literature; Sailing ships -- Juvenile literature; Spice trade -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Learn how to successfully complete a voyage from Portugal to India for spices in the 1500s"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Your challenge; title: Route to India; title: Preparing to sail; title: Passengers and crew; title: Know your vessel; title: Keeping your vessel shipshape; title: Navigation; title: Sailing your ship; title: Mutineers and privateers; title: Storms and shipwrecks; title: Silks and spices; title: Timeline; title: Glossary.