The Golden Wind
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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jennifer Parrott |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| Preceded by | The Bronze God of Rhodes |
The Golden Wind is a historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in 1969,[1] and telling the story of the Egyptian Greek seafarers Eudoxus of Cyzicus and Hippalus, who were the first in the Graeco-Roman world to travel by sea from Egypt to India in around 118 BCE.
It is the fifth and last of de Camp's historical novels, both in order of writing and terms of the historical episode described.
Plot summary
The novel concerns the adventures of Eudoxus of Cyzicus and Hippalus on the first voyages by sea from Egypt to India. Following these, it deals with Eudoxus' efforts to circumvent the newly established Egyptian monopoly on trade with India by pioneering a new route around the west coast of Africa, which are ultimately defeated by misadventure and the sheer extent of the continent.