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A review by thejdizzler
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley
5.0
A fascinating look at the amazing twenty years surrounding Vasco de Gama's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to India. Crowley really made the personalities of the various Portuguese leaders shine through and helped me to understand the attitudes of the time.
Cortes and Pizzaro's conquests for Spain in the New World were certainly impressive, but this book shows that the conquests of Albuquerque and Almeida in the east Indies was no less so.
Cortes and Pizzaro's conquests for Spain in the New World were certainly impressive, but this book shows that the conquests of Albuquerque and Almeida in the east Indies was no less so.