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by Joan Elizabeth Goodman Illustrated by Tom McNeely  | ||
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A Long and Uncertain Journey 10" x 10" 48 pages, Color, Read along(TM) map US $19.95 |
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 ive years after Christopher Columbus sailed off to find a sea route to the Orient, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama went on the same quest. He returned 27,000 miles later with half his ships gone and two-thirds of his crew dead, but he had found what Columbus had not.Da Gama brought back tales of marketplaces overflowing with riches, of rulers bejeweled in emeralds and rubies and pearls the size of grapes, of ships and cannons that were no match for those of the Portuguese. Portugal soon would send more ships and more cannons to East Africa and Asia. The rest of Europe would follow. This epic journey, filled with danger, treachery, sacrifice, cruelty, and acts of extraordinary courage, would change the world forever.  THE READ-ALONGTM MAP For both the explorer and the reader, the key element of any voyage of discovery is the map. While the explorer can have the map in front of him, the reader usually cannot. There's nothing more frustrating than having to flip back to read a map in the middle of reading a story. For this book, Mikaya Press has designed a Read-AlongTM Map. This gatefold page makes it possible to read about an explorer's travels, and follow them on a map at the same time. | ||||