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Although as remarkable as Colombus and the Spanish conquistador expeditions, the history of Portugese exploration has been largely forgotten. But its navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat Spain to the spice kingdoms of the East – then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade.
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