Spice and the Devil's Cave is a book by Agnes Hewes that was published in 1930 by Knopf, with illustrations by Lynd Ward.[1] This piece of historical fiction received a Newbery Honor award.[2]
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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b M., J. (1930). "Review of Spice and the Devil's Cave". The Elementary English Review. 7 (7): 182–182. ISSN 0888-1030 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Spice and the Devil's Cave | ALA". American Library Association. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
External links
edit- Spice and the Devil's Cave, HTML ebook, with illustrations by Lynd Ward, at Celebration of Women Writers
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