Title: Spice and the devil's cave
Description: In 1490s Portugal, Abel Zakuto, a Jewish banker with a keen interest in mapmaking and sea navigation, encourages explorers Magellan, da Gama, and Diaz to find the elusive sea route around the "Devil's Cave"--the Cape of Good Hope--to India, which would enable Portugal to dominate the spice trade.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Newbery Honor, Children's fiction, Magalhaes, fernao de, -1521, fiction, Portugal, fiction, Venice (italy), fiction, Discovery and exploration, Jews
Places: Portugal
Time periods: Period of discoveries, 1385-1580