Last Crusade, The

by Cliff, Nigel

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  death of old, successor and Cabral, ref1

  dispatches pirates after Gama, ref1, ref2

  first, legend of, ref1

  Gama and crew kidnapped by, ref1

  Gama in 1498 and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Gama pursued by war fleet, ref1

  Gama tricked by, ref1, ref2, ref3n

  Gama’s bombardment of palace, ref1

  Gama’s gifts, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Gama’s last letter to, ref1

  Gama’s letter to, ref1

  Gama’s vengeance and, ref1

  King Manuel’s letter to and order to banish all Muslims, ref1, ref2

  letter to King Manuel, ref1

  palace of, ref1, ref2n

  Portuguese attack of 1506 and, ref1

  second Battle of Diu and defeat, ref1

  security and justice of port and, ref1

  titles of, ref1, ref2n

  Venetian-Egyptian support for, ref1

  war with Cochin, ref1

  Zanzibar, ref1, ref2n, ref3n

  Zawahiri, Ayman al-, ref1

  Zeila, ref1

  Zheng He, ref1, ref2n

  Zimbabwe, ref1, ref2n

  Ziryab, ref1n

  Zoroastrianism, ref1

  Zúñiga, Juan de, ref1n

  Zurara, Gomes Eanes de, ref1

  NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

  NIGEL CLIFF is a historian, biographer and critic. He was educated at Oxford University, where he was awarded a double First in English and the Beddington Prize for English Literature. He has written widely for publications including The Times, The Economist and the New York Times. He is the author of The Shakespeare Riots (Random House, 2007). He lives in London with his wife, the ballerina Viviana Durante, and their son Orlando.