Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations. New York: Harper. ISBN 9780061735127. Cliff, Nigel (2012). The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780061735134. Cliff, Nigel (2015). Marco Polo, The Travels. London: Penguin Classics. ISBN 978 ...
Cristóvão (or Christopher) da Gama was the son of navigator Vasco da Gama and the younger brother of Estêvão da Gama. He first went to India in 1532 with his brother, returned to Portugal in 1535, and then joined Garcia de Noronha in sailing to Diu 6 April 1538. Many times in these travels he demonstrated a quick mind that saved his companions.
Nigel Cliff, The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama; Jonathan Dimbleby, Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein; Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II [3] Mark Mazower, Governing the World: The History of an Idea
Lord Edward's Crusade (1271–1272) (Crusade of Lord Edward of England, the Ninth Crusade, or the Last Crusade) Plans for a Joint Latin-Greek Crusade (1274–1276) Crusade of Henry of Mecklenburg (1275) Lithuanian Crusades (1284–1435) Crusade against the Aragonese (1284–1285) (Aragonese Crusade, or Crusade of Aragon) Siege of Acre (1291)
Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
[c] It was founded in 1319, [1] [2] with the protection of King Denis of Portugal, after the Templars were abolished on 22 March 1312 by the papal bull, Vox in excelso, issued by Pope Clement V. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] King Denis refused to pursue and persecute the former knights as had occurred in most of the other sovereign states under the political ...
The Templars also received lands donated by D. Theresa in 1126, a few years before Portugal became a fully independent kingdom. [2] Portugal was the first country in Europe where they settled. [3] Gualdim Pais, provincial Master of the Order of the Temple in Portugal, constructed the Convento de Cristo in 1160. According to folklore, he chose ...
The card game simulates the war between the German Third Reich and the Allied Forces during the Second World War. The Last Crusade was designed by John R. Hopler, a World War II enthusiast who had initially been doing freelance writing and designing work for Chameleon Eclectic and made the transition to Pinnacle along with the card game.