Spice and the Devil's Cave, Agnes Danforth Hewes ; illustrated by Lynd Ward
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Spice and the Devil's Cave, Agnes Danforth Hewes ; illustrated by Lynd Ward
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eng
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illustrations
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fiction
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Spice and the Devil's Cave
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843857945
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Agnes Danforth Hewes ; illustrated by Lynd Ward
Summary
In 1490s Portugal, Abel Zakuto, a Jewish banker with a keen interest in mapmaking and sea navigation, encourages explorers Magellan, da Gama, and Diaz to find the elusive sea route around the "Devil's Cave"--the Cape of Good Hope--to India, which would enable Portugal to dominate the spice trade
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juvenile
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- Magellan, Ferdinand, -1521 -- Fiction
- Jews -- Portugal -- Juvenile fiction
- Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Juvenile fiction
- Portugal -- History -- Period of discoveries, 1385-1580 -- Fiction
- Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480-1521 -- Juvenile fiction
- Explorers -- Fiction
- Portugal -- History -- Period of discoveries, 1385-1580 -- Juvenile fiction
- Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Fiction
- Explorers -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- Portugal -- Fiction
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- Magellan, Ferdinand, -1521 -- Fiction
- Jews -- Portugal -- Juvenile fiction
- Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Juvenile fiction
- Portugal -- History -- Period of discoveries, 1385-1580 -- Fiction
- Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480-1521 -- Juvenile fiction
- Explorers -- Fiction
- Portugal -- History -- Period of discoveries, 1385-1580 -- Juvenile fiction
- Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Fiction
- Explorers -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- Portugal -- Fiction
- Illustrator1
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