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100			_aSubrahmanyam, Sanjay
245			_aThe career and legend of Vasco da Gama / _cSanjay Subrahmanyam
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c1997
300			_a400 p.
365			_aGBP _b25.99.
500			_aVasco da Gama (?1469–1524) is well known as one of a generation of discoverers, along with Magellan, Cabral, and Columbus. Yet little is known about his life, or about the context within which he 'discovered' the all-sea route to India in 1497–99. This book, based on a mass of published and unpublished sources in Portuguese and other languages, delineates Gama's career and social context, focusing on the delicate balance between 'career' and 'legend'. The book addresses broad questions of myth-building and nationalism, while never losing sight of Gama himself.
650			_aExplorers
650			_aPortugal
650			_aGama, Vasco da, 1469-1524