Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
Jan 15, 2014
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN-10
0486492877
ISBN-13
9780486492872
Description
Spice and the Devil's Cave is a book by Agnes Hewes that was published in 1930. This piece of historical fiction is a retroactive winner of the Newbery Honor award. The setting is Lisbon, Portugal in the late 1490s, as Vasco de Gama, Bartholomew Diaz, and Ferdinand Magellan discuss their plans to find the elusive sea route around the Cape of Good Hope, which would enable Portugal to access the spice-rich countries of the Far East.
Genres
Science Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Action & Adventure
History