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To bring the fleet in, someone must sound a bar no Portuguese has ever charted, and Magalhães puts his own name and his friend Tomé Serrano's on the boat list.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Endeavor Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285406769218,"sku":"MAG-02-EBK-SKU","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/5873\/1330\/files\/02_Blood_at_Diu_cover_44244d3a-8293-40c5-b587-72cf40e2740f.jpg?v=1790681204"},{"product_id":"the-fall-of-malacca-magellan-book-3","title":"The Fall of Malacca (Magellan Book 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalacca's walls can be stormed. What makes it rich cannot be captured.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen hidden guns open on a Portuguese embassy squadron at Malacca, Magalhães, with no rank and no entry in any register, turns his boat back into the river for the men ashore. He pulls Francisco Serrão from the water. 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Bombardment and assault take ground that cannot be held after dark, and while both sides fight correctly, the trade that is the real prize quietly slips out of the harbor, a hull at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Endeavor Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285406801986,"sku":"MAG-03-EBK-SKU","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/5873\/1330\/files\/03_The_Fall_of_Malacca_cover_a561e87d-7b71-46d0-807b-0f9c52b0e4b4.jpg?v=1790681204"},{"product_id":"letters-from-the-spice-islands-magellan-book-4","title":"Letters from the Spice Islands (Magellan Book 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis oldest friend is alive somewhere beyond every chart, and the only map is a stack of letters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalacca has fallen, and Magalhães, who fought through the whole campaign without rank or recognition, is running a section of an unfinished wall. 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