Zavoevateli - Krouli R.

The book by the British historian Roger Crowley is dedicated to the era of great conquests and geographical discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the incomplete thirty years of King Manuel I's reign, Portuguese sailors managed to tame the winds of the Atlantic, conquer the oceans and establish themselves in uncharted lands - Vasco da Gama opened a sea route to India, Pedro Cabral reached the coast of South America, Francisco di Almeida became the first viceroy of India, Andonsu di Albuquerque founded colonies in the Persian Gulf and Malacca. The author vividly and vividly describes the life and exploits of these intrepid navigators, shipwrecks, naval battles and other ordeals that fell to the founders of the first world empire. Roger Crowley also talks about navigation and shipbuilding, trade, diplomacy and the development of science during the Portuguese expansion, which marked the beginning of the New Age.