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John Ure.
Prince Henry the Navigator.
Published London: Constable & Co., 1977.
ISBN 0094612404.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: the Anchor Press and Wm. Brendon, Tiptree.
Size: 143x218x20mm.
Page count: 207pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket has been sealed to the boards under transparent plastic, with the flyleaves trimmed to fit inside; page edges a little grubby; a gift inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 395g.

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Contents: Portugal in the world of 1394; A chivalric court; The model crusade; First enquiries & first discoveries; Into the unknown; Tangier débâcle; On the rocks of Sagres; Further into the unknown; Counting the cost; Power struggles & politics; Raiding gives way to trading; Final crusade.

Illustrations: colour frontispiece, and 1 text figure and 12 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: at foot of page, very infrequent
Tables: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

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