portuguese

Discusses Portuguese voyages of discovery and exploration around Africa and Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Presents color illustrations based on topics such as plants, animals, the human body, the kitchen, musical instruments, and school, each with labels that identify pictured objects in English and Portuguese.

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world.

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.