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Times & tides. (1997 celebrations for the voyage of the Portuguese traveler Vasco Da Gama who circled Africa to reach India, and for Elvis Presley's death, are justified)(Cross Currents)(Column)
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History Today
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December 1, 1997| Author:
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
| COPYRIGHT 1997 History Today Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Da Gama's voyage was not as magnificent as history has painted it, but it was a big step in the trend towards the globalization of trade. Presley's death celebrations in 1997 are worthy because being a white man with a 'black sound' he was a major force in this continuing cultural world trend.
Five hundred years after Vasco da Gama's fist departure for India, I joined a commemorative conference, which began rolling at La Trobe University in Melbourne, and ended on the shores of t...
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