The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama (85 page)

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Authors: Nigel Cliff

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Valencia, Spain,
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Valle, Pietro della,
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Vandals,
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Varthema, Lodovico de,
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Velho, Alvaro,
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Velloso, Fernão,
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Venice.
See also
Conti, Niccolò de’

Arsenale,
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Battle of Agnadello and,
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Battle of Diu and,
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Egyptian alliance with,
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excommunicated by Rome,
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gondola for King Manuel,
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as La Serenissima,
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Marco Polo and,
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Ottoman threat to,
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papacy strips of territorial gains,
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Pasqualigo sent to Portugal,
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Portugal as trading threat to,
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rebuff of Columbus,
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sacking of Constantinople by,
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St. Mark’s Basilica,
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secrecy of Portugal’s sea route and,
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secret agent sent to Egypt,
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Signoria of,
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spice trade and,
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spies sent to Lisbon,
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Suez canal proposed by,
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as trade center,
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as trading power,
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Vespucci, Amerigo,
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Vienna,
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Vijayanagar Empire, India,
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Vikings,
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Virgin Mary,
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Hindu deity mistaken for,
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Vivaldi, Ugolino and Vadino,
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Vizinho, Joseph,
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William of Rubruck,
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women

of Calicut, India,
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flogging of stowaways by Gama,
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mistreatment in Goa,
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mistreatment in Siam,
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of Sicily,
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suttee and,
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of Vijayanagar, India,
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Xavier, Francis,
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Yarmuk, Battle of,
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Yemen,
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Zacuto, Abraham,
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Zamorin of Calicut,
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alliance with Dutch,
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appearance,
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armada against Gama raised by,
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as Christian ruler,
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conflict with Portuguese,
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customs of,
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death and succession of,
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death of old, successor and Cabral,
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dispatches pirates after Gama,
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first, legend of,
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Gama and crew kidnapped by,
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Gama in 1498 and,
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Gama pursued by war fleet,
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Gama tricked by,
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Gama’s bombardment of palace,
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Gama’s gifts,
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Gama’s last letter to,
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Gama’s letter to,
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Gama’s vengeance and,
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letter to King Manuel,
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palace of,
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Portuguese attack of 1506 and,
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second Battle of Diu and defeat,
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security and justice of port and,
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titles of,
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Venetian-Egyptian support for,
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war with Cochin,
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Zanzibar,
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Zawahiri, Ayman al-,
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Zeila,
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Zheng He,
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Zimbabwe,
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Ziryab,
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Zoroastrianism,
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Zúñiga, Juan de,
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Zurara, Gomes Eanes de,
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NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

N
IGEL
C
LIFF
is a historian, biographer and critic. He was educated at Oxford University, where he was awarded a double First in English and the Beddington Prize for English Literature. He has written widely for publications including
The Times
,
The Economist
and the
New York Times
. He is the author of
The Shakespeare Riots
(Random House, 2007). He lives in London with his wife, the ballerina Viviana Durante, and their son Orlando.

Table of Contents

Title page

Dedication page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Author’s Note

Prologue

PART I: ORIGINS

CHAPTER 1 East and West

CHAPTER 2 The Holy Land

CHAPTER 3 A Family War

CHAPTER 4 The Ocean Sea