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Books on: vasco da gama asia

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Asia and Western Dominance: A Survey of the Vasco Da Gama Epoch of Asian History, 1498-1945

Book by K. M. Panikkar; George Allen & Unwin, 1953

Subjects:

Asia--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...at Vienna ASIA AND WESTERN...Survey of the Vasco Da Gama Epoch of Asian...affairs of Asia. It was an...the time of Vasco da Gama, sea power...activities in Asia for 450 years...INDIAN OCEAN VASCO DA GAMA arrived at...
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East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World

Book by Warren I. Cohen; Columbia University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Asia, Southeastern--Relations--Foreign Countries, East Asia--Relations--Foreign Countries

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Stages of Korean War, 1950-1953 388 26. Cold War in Asia, c. 1960 407 27. Taiwan, Taiwan Strait 458 TABLES...early in the 5th century, many years before those of Vasco da Gama and Christo- pher Columbus. Crossing the Indian Ocean...
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The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia

Book by Alfred W. Mccoy; Lawrence Hill, 2003

Subjects:

Drug Traffic--Asia, Southeastern--History--20th Century, Drug Traffic--History--20th Century, Heroin Industry, United States--Central Intelligence Agency

Collections: History, Entire Library

...GLOBAL DRUG TRADE Afghanistan I Southeast Asia I Central America I Colombia Alfred...global drug trade, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W...traffic-History-20th century. 3. Drug traffic-Asia, Southeastem-History-20th century. 4. United...
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Drugs in South Asia: From the Opium Trade to the Present Day

Book by M. Emdad-Ul Haq; Macmillan, 2000

Subjects:

Narcotics, Control Of--South Asia

Collections: History, Entire Library

The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. This work provides an inside story of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued by the British colonial authorities and post-independent governments in South Asia.
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Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching

Book by Ainslie T. Embree, Carol Gluck; M. E. Sharpe, 1997

Subjects:

Asia--History

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history. Essays by over forty leading scholars suggest many new ways of incorporating Asian history, from ancient to modern times, into core curriculum ...
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This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history. Essays by over forty leading scholars suggest many new ways of incorporating Asian history, from ancient to modern times, into core curriculum history courses. Now featuring "Suggested Resources for Maps to Be Used in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History".
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Journal Articles on: vasco da gama asia

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Asia-Pacific Security: Paradox and Riddle

Journal article by Gerald Hensley; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 23, 1998

Subjects:

International economic relations--Economic aspects, National security--Asia, Pacific Coast (Asia)--Military policy, Regional economics--Military aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...exercise great influence in Asia, especially in South-east Asia. Lastly we know that China and the United States will be...of the coin is the decline of Western predominance. From Vasco da Gama on, the West displaced China to become the effective decider...
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Kerala's Experience of Development and Change

Journal article by Govindan Parayil, T.T. Sreekumar; Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 33, 2003

Subjects:

Economic reform--Analysis, Kerala, India--Economic aspects, Kerala, India--History, Kerala, India--Political aspects, Kerala, India--Social aspects, Political reform--Analysis, Social change--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Indicators of Dutch Disease," Development and Change 21: 309-41. Subrahmanyam, S. (1997) The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Subrahmanian, K. K. and Azeez, E. A. (2000) "Industrial Growth in Kerala...
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The Militia, the Military, and the People of Bobonaro District

Journal article by Peter Bartu; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 32, 2000

Subjects:

Asia

Collections: Entire Library

...chapter from Zumalai, one Vasco da Cruz. Several people at...Most sources stated that Gama was killed by TNI/ SGI...TNI operation claim that Gama had been under suspicion...Cova Lima district, Vasco da Cruz. Vasco was also the village chief...
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From Quanzhou to the Sulu Zone and Beyond: Questions Related to the Early Fourteenth Century

Journal article by Roderich Ptak; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998

Subjects:

China--International trade, Commerce--History, Southeast Asia--International trade, Trade routes--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Brunei Cannon: Their Role in Southeast Asia (1400-1900 A.D.)", BMJ 1,1 (1969): 1...Dayuan, see, Zhuang Weiji, "Quanzhou san da waixiao shangpin - si, ci, cha", HJSYJ...Asian Sources", paper presented to the Vasco da Gama Conference in Melbourne and Perth...
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Autonomous History and 'The Invention of Politics.'

Journal article by Greg Lockhart; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998

Subjects:

Historiography--Analysis, Southeast Asia--Politics and government

Collections: History, Entire Library

...In this chapter he firmly rejects Pannikars old European style construction of the "age of Vasco da Gama", strongly supports the "viewpoint from Southeast Asia" (1, p. 460), and says: "The period 1400-1630 was one of economic expansion, in which Southeast...

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Magazine Articles on: vasco da gama asia

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Times & Tides

Magazine article by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; History Today, Vol. 47, December 1997

Subjects:

Da Gama, Vasco--Appreciation, Explorers--Appreciation, Popular music--Personalities, Presley, Elvis--Appreciation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in Vascos wake is now seen as a feeble affair and the `Vasco da Gama era is regarded as not much different, in that part of...civilisations was hardly compromised by Western intrusions into Asia. The European merchants who penetrated the ocean by way...
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To the Ends of the Earth

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 80, February 2008

Subjects:

Explorers--Appreciation, Gama, Vasco da--Appreciation, Magellan, Ferdinand--Appreciation, Royal Geographical Society--Collections and collecting, Vespucci, Amerigo--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED an engraving of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524). Da Gama made his name as the commander...convinced his voyages had taken him along the east coast of Asia, not what was to become known as the Americas; a lithograph...
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2001: A Spice Odyssey

Magazine article by Andrew Dalby; Geographical, Vol. 73, April 2001

Subjects:

Asia--History, Discoveries (in geography)--History, North America--History, Spice industry--History, Trade routes--History

Collections: Entire Library

...journeyed from Europe to Asia in 1271-95. He stayed in...travelling and trade VASCO DA GAMA (c. 1460-1524) This Portuguese...Khans was overland across Asia up to the 14th century...European snores and when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498...
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The Rising East

Magazine article by Richard Halloran; Foreign Policy, Spring 1996

Subjects:

Asia--Foreign relations, Balance of power--Forecasts, Eastern question--Analysis, Economic development--Asia, Great powers--International aspects, International relations--Asia, World politics--Forecasts

Collections: Entire Library

...subjugation, and occasional brutality that has seared the soul of Asia and shapes Asian thought and actions to this day. Six years...Christopher Columbus sailed to America, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama steered around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean...
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Shifting Power in the Middle East

Magazine article by Aharon Klieman; World and I, Vol. 14, September 1999

Subjects:

International relations--Middle East, Middle East--Politics and government

Collections: Entire Library

...Klieman Precisely half a millennium ago, Portugals Vasco da Gama discovered an alternative all-water passage to India and...cubic meters per person per year, compared with 3,283 in Asia and 18,742 in North America). According to the UN Food...

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Newspaper Articles on: vasco da gama asia

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Asia, West to Feel Shift of Hong Kong: Hand-Over's Effects to Be Widespread

Newspaper article by Richard Halloran; The Washington Times, June 27, 1997

Subjects:

Hong Kong, Taiwan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...America, when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sailed to India to begin European, American and Japanese conquest of Asia. By the outbreak of World War II...flags flew over every capital in Asia except Tokyo and Bangkok, Thailand...
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Goa. in Peace! Away from the Ravers, Ned Denny Discovers an Unspoilt Land That Was Once the Jewel in Portugal's Crown

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 11, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...is Panjim or Panaji, a short bus or taxi ride away from Vasco da Gama (named after the first Portuguese general to set foot in...atmosphere more reminiscent of Europe or Latin America than Asia. A walk through the old districts of Fontainhas or Sao...
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The Original Globalists; Portugese Exhibit Reveals Hybrid Art

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 23, 2007

Subjects:

Art exhibitions--Exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...for slaves and gold. In 1499, Vasco da Gama completed his voyage to India...Africa connected to eastern Asia, a predominant Renaissance...animals imported from Africa and Asia. These creatures were so wondrous...202/633-1000 WEB SITE: www.asia.si.edu
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East Meets West; Encounters, an Exotic Exhibition at the V&A, Celebrates the Exciting Exchange of Cultures over Centuries, Says Corinne Julius Homes & Property

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...In 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived by ship near Calicut in Kerala...trading posts along the coast of Asia. Lisbon became the market for all...new". Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800, at the Victoria...
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Football: Life's a Beach for Fergie; EXCLUSIVE: AS UNITED HEAD FOR RIO, THE MONEY MEN CONTINUE TO BLOCK FERGIE'S BID TO SIGN BOYS FROM BRAZIL

Newspaper article by Paul Hetherington; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 2, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to beat. He said: "Vasco da Gama will be the toughest team...in their group is against Vasco on Saturday in the Maracana...Saudi Arabian club represent Asia after winning that continents...international for 11 years. VASCO DA GAMA The 1998 South American...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: vasco da gama asia

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Asia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...notably the Italian Marco Polo . The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama reached India by sea in 1498, beginning the era of European imperialism in Asia. In N Asia Russian Cossacks crossed Siberia and reached...
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Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...least 4 million years ago; agriculture, brought from SW Asia, appears to date from the 6th or 5th millennium b.c. Africas...Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope; in 1498 Vasco da Gama reached the east coast and, the following year, India...
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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Buddhism was widely propagated and spread to Sri Lanka and SE Asia. During the 200 years of disorder and invasions that followed...the Europeans Only a few years before Baburs triumph, Vasco da Gama had landed at Calicut (1498) and the Portuguese had conquered...
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Portugal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reign of Manuel I (1495 1521), Vasco da Gama sailed (1497 98) to India, Pedro...Empire extended across the world, to Asia, Africa, and America. In 1497, as...of riches through trade with East Asia, but foreign competition and piracy...
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Tanzania

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SW Asia, and India. By about a.d. 900 traders from SW Asia and India had settled on the coast, exchanging cloth, beads...relatively small political units. Foreign Contacts In 1498, Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, became the first European to...

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