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Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580 /
This account traces the history of the Portuguese overseas discoveries, following the expansion into the Atlantic island, the Madeiras, and the Azores. It continues the account with the history of Portuguese discoveries along the African coast, at Guinea, the Congo, and Good Hope, then follows the v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©1977.
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| Colección: | Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This account traces the history of the Portuguese overseas discoveries, following the expansion into the Atlantic island, the Madeiras, and the Azores. It continues the account with the history of Portuguese discoveries along the African coast, at Guinea, the Congo, and Good Hope, then follows the voyages of Vasco da Gama to India and to Cabra, Brazil, and the expansion in the early years of the sixteen century to Malacca, China, and the East Indies. The volume presents not only a useful narrative of the spread of Portuguese empire but also new interpretations and analyses of the Portuguese ov. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxx, 533 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816681563 0816681562 |