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The four essays in this book examine aspects of Portugal’s first overseas empire, the maritime and commercial empire that was founded in the fifteenth century and which, during the sixteenth century extended from Brazil to China.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction MALYN NEWITT
  • 1. Prince Henry and the Origins of Portuguese Expansion MALYN NEWITT
  • 2. The Estado da India in Southeast Asia JOHN VILLIERS
  • 3. Trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese System of Cartazes K.S.MATHEW
  • 4. Goa in the Seventeenth Century ANTHONY DISNEY
  • Bibliographical Notes
  • Biographical Notes
  • Maps
  • I South-East Asia
  • II The Indian Ocean

First Portuguese Colonial Empire

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    A Paperback / softback by Professor Malyn Newitt, Anthony Disney, K.S. Mathew

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1986
      ISBN13: 9780859892575, 978-0859892575
      ISBN10: 0859892573

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The four essays in this book examine aspects of Portugal’s first overseas empire, the maritime and commercial empire that was founded in the fifteenth century and which, during the sixteenth century extended from Brazil to China.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction MALYN NEWITT
      • 1. Prince Henry and the Origins of Portuguese Expansion MALYN NEWITT
      • 2. The Estado da India in Southeast Asia JOHN VILLIERS
      • 3. Trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese System of Cartazes K.S.MATHEW
      • 4. Goa in the Seventeenth Century ANTHONY DISNEY
      • Bibliographical Notes
      • Biographical Notes
      • Maps
      • I South-East Asia
      • II The Indian Ocean

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