The New York Times "He possessed a visionary cast of mind bordering on derangement he saw himself spearheading a holy war to topple Islam, recover Jerusalem from “the infidels” and establish himself as the “King of Jerusalem.” " Excerpt Nigel Cliff, author of Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations. ![]() This hour On Point: the epic voyages and long echoes of Vasco da Gama. The face-to-face meeting, again, with Islam. The ships, the voyages, the mystery, the confusing Hindus for Christians. A new history takes the pittance we learn in grade school and gives us the whole, amazing saga of Vasco da Gama. ![]() Da Gama found what they were looking for.Īround the tip of Africa, across the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea. 'A chegada de Vasco da Gama a Calicute em 1498,' by Alfredo Roque Gameiro (1864-1935).Ĭhristopher Columbus sailed west, looking for the Indies. ![]() The man who found the Indies when Columbus did not and brought Europe face-to-face again with Islam.
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