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Author: Malyn Newitt
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AA: Malyn Newitt is Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London.
Description: Over a period of 250 years Portuguese became the global language of maritime trade, and Iberian silver circulated as a world trading currency.A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America. Malyn Newitt examines how the ideas and institutions of a late medieval society were deployed to aid expansion into Africa and the Atlantic islands as well as how, through rivalry with Castile, this grew into a world wide commercial enterprise. Finally, he considers how resilient the Portuguese overseas communities were surviving wars and natural disasters and fending off attacks by the more heavily armed English and Dutch invaders until well into the 1600s. Including a detailed Bibliography and Glossary,A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668is an invaluable textbook for all thosestudying this fascinating period of expansion by all the European powers.
BC: A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America.Malyn Newitt examines how the ideas and institutions of a late medieval society were deployed to aid expansion into Africa and the Atlantic islands, as well as how, through rivalry with Castile, this grew into a worldwide commercial enterprise. Finally, he considers how resilient the Portuguese overseas communities were, surviving wars and natural disasters, and fending off attacks by the more heavily armed English and Dutch invaders until well into the 1600s.Including a detailed bibliography and glossary, A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668is an invaluable textbook for all those studying this fascinating period of European expansion
Description: Between the 15th & 17th centuries Portugal built an economic & colonial empire that circled the globe. Malyn Newitt looks at how a late medieval society deployed itself as an economic superpower & successfuly resisted all challenges until well into the 1600s.
Description: Including a detailed bibliography and glossary, this book provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America.
Table of Contents: List of Maps. Glossary. Preface 1. The origins of Portuguese expansion to 1469 2. Portuguese expansion 1469-1500 3. Portuguese expansion in the East and the Atlantic, 1500 to 1515 4. The great Portuguese diaspora 1515-1550 5. The Portuguese empire at its height 1550-1580 6. Challenge and response; the Portuguese empire1580-1620 7. Defeat and survival 1620-1668 8. Understanding Portuguese expansion
TS: "Over a period of 250 years Portuguese became the global language of maritime trade, and Iberian silver circulated as the first worldwide trading currency. A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, 1400-1668 provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America." "Including a detailed bibliography and glossary, this volume is an invaluable textbook for all those studying this formative early period of expansion."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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