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Spice and the Devil's Cave

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A story of the rivalry between Arab traders, the city-state of Venice, and of the struggling nation of Portugal to dominate the spice trade by finding a new sea route to India by going around the "Devil's Cave" -- the Cape of Good Hope. In Lisbon, the workshop of Abel Zakuto, a Jew, becomes the meeting place for Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Ferdinand Magellan to discuss their plans to find this sea route. How the Jews furthered the work of discovery plays a significant part in the story.

Language: English

Pages: 331

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Release: May 20, 1966

ISBN: 039491662X

ISBN 13: 9780394916620

Spice and the Devil's Cave

3.1/5 ( ratings)

A story of the rivalry between Arab traders, the city-state of Venice, and of the struggling nation of Portugal to dominate the spice trade by finding a new sea route to India by going around the "Devil's Cave" -- the Cape of Good Hope. In Lisbon, the workshop of Abel Zakuto, a Jew, becomes the meeting place for Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Ferdinand Magellan to discuss their plans to find this sea route. How the Jews furthered the work of discovery plays a significant part in the story.

Language: English

Pages: 331

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Release: May 20, 1966

ISBN: 039491662X

ISBN 13: 9780394916620

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