Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580

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No other people in history made such extensive geographical explorations as Portuguese. During the course of the fifteenth century they were the first to reveal to Europe the unknown coast of West Africa, reaching and passing the Cape of Good Hope. They made the first all-water voyage from the West...

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Main Authors: Diffie, Bailey W. (Bailey Wallys), 1902-1983 (Author), Winius, George D. (George Davison) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1977
Series:Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Portugal > History.
Portugal > History > Period of discoveries, 1385-1580.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. West-East Relations from Ancient Times to the Fourteenth Century A.D.
  • Chapter 2. Prelude to Empire: Portuguese and European Expansion to 1415
  • Chapter 3. Ceuta
  • the Beginning of Empire
  • Chapter 4. Portuguese Expansion in Africa and the Atlantic, 1415-37
  • Chapter 5. New Discoveries along the African Coast and the Old Spanish Rival
  • Chapter 6. Explorations to Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands
  • Chapter 7. Henry "The Navigator" Who Followed His Stars
  • Chapter 8. Navigation: Portuguese Haven-Finding in the Ocean Sea
  • Chapter 9. Dividing the Land and the Waters: the Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479-80
  • Chapter 10. João II: the Perfect Prince Who Looked South and East
  • Chapter 11. Christopher Columbus: a Genoese Who Made a Portuguese Voyage for Spain
  • Chapter 12. Vasco da Gama: May the Devil Take You! What Brought You Here?
  • Chapter 13. Cabral: the Captain Who Touched Four Continents
  • Chapter 14. Preconditions to an Asian Empire
  • Chapter 15. From Discovery to Conquest
  • Chapter 16. The Shape of Empire: the Nucleus, 1509-15
  • Chapter 17. The Shape of Empire, Continued: the Nucleus, 1515-80
  • Chapter 18. Institutions of Trade and Government
  • Chapter 19. The Shape of Empire: the Western Periphery
  • Chapter 20. The Periphery: Indonesia
  • Chapter 21. The Periphery: China and Japan
  • Chapter 22. The Balance Sheet.

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