
The Last Crusade
The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
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Narrated by:
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Derek Perkins
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Nigel Cliff
Historian Nigel Cliff delivers a sweeping, radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam - a series of events which forever altered the relationship between East and West. Perfect for fans of Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Galileo's Daughter, and Atlantic, this first-ever complete account of da Gama's voyages includes new information from the recently discovered diaries of his sailors and an extraordinary series of letters between da Gama and the Zamorin, a king of modern-day Kerala, India.
Cliff, the author of The Shakespeare Riots, draws upon his own travels in da Gama's footsteps to add detail, authenticity, and a contemporary perspective to this riveting, one-of-a-kind historical epic.
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The audacity, greed, and seamanship of the Portuguese vs the long established Arab/Indian/African trading monopolies was a drama I could not stop listening to, even after Cross cultural blunders, mass murder, and hypocrisy piled up.
I am not sure a Muslim historian of the period would write as self-critical a work as this, but that makes it all the more a Christian project to testify to the non-Christ like behaviors of our “Christian” forebears. The author seems to tip toe around Muslim “crimes” from the period and focus on the wicked Portuguese, Spanish, and Venitians a bit too much for my taste, but given that it was written at the height of the post- 9/11 “war on terror” with the failed “nation building” in Iraq and Afghanistan, I can give him a pass on the self-flagellation.
Learned a TON, have greater empathy for Muslim nations who fear all Western interventions, and see a bit more how we got here.
An Amazing work filling in forgotten history
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Exploration through lens of crusades
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a library must have
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Very well narrated. Humanistic approach to the excesses of religious colonization.
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Way too PC
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Good.
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