The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808

The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808
Author: A. J. R. Russell-Wood
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1998-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801859557

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By approaching the history of the Portuguese empire thematically, historian A.J.R. Russell-Wood paints a broad portrait of the first and one of the greatest colonial empires--its birth, apotheosis, and decline. Russell-Wood shows unique insight into the diversity and balance between competing interests and priorities that characterized the Portuguese culture and its expansion, spanning four centuries's events on four different continents. 84 illustrations.


The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: A. J. R. Russell-Wood
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-07-31 - Publisher: JHU Press

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By approaching the history of the Portuguese empire thematically, historian A.J.R. Russell-Wood paints a broad portrait of the first and one of the greatest col
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The author of this book hails from a Goan emigrant family and was born in British India and has had a rare exposure to British rule in India, to the Portuguese