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HistorianNigel Cliff delivers a sweeping, radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama’spioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point inthe struggle between Christianity and Islam—a sequence of events which foreveraltered the connection between East and West. Absolute best for readers of Endurance:Shackleton’s Implausible Voyage, Galileo’sDaughter, and Atlantic, this first-ever completeaccount of da Gama’s voyages includes new information from the recentlydiscovered diaries of his sailors and an odd series of lettersbetween da Gama and the Zamorin, a king of up to date-dayKerala, India. Cliff, the creator of The Shakespeare Riots, draws uponhis own travels in da Gama’s footsteps so as to add detail, authenticity, and acontemporary point of view to this riveting, one-of-a-sort historical epic.