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Book review: Conquerors: How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the First Global Empire

THE opening pages of Conquerors are brimming with eye-popping facts, images and incidents.

Book review: Conquerors: How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the First Global Empire

Sat, 04 Feb, 2017 - 00:00

Review: Michael Duggan

Roger Crowley

Faber & Faber, £20

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