William Collins, 352pp, £25
This is a book about Portugal's maritime empire seen through the eyes of two very different Renaissance figures, diplomat and archivist Damiao de Gois,, is the stark contrast between the curious, questioning world view of Damiao and that of his more famous contemporary, Luís de Camões, the author of the Portuguese national epic poem , an Odyssey full of seafaring heroics,’ wrote Paul Lay in his review for the .
