Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580 / by Bailey W. Diffie and George D. Winius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diffie, Bailey W. (Bailey Wallys), 1902-1983.

Contributor:

Winius, George D. (George Davison)

Series:

Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 1.

Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portugal--History.

Portugal.

Portugal--History--Period of discoveries, 1385-1580.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 533 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 overseas history.

Contents:

West-East relations from ancient times to the fourteenth century A.D.

Prelude to empire: Portuguese and European expansion to 1415

Ceuta - the beginning of empire

Portuguese expansion in Africa and the Atlantic, 1415-37

New discoveries along the African coast and the old Spanish rival

Explorations to Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands

Henry "the navigator" who followed his stars

Navigation: Portuguese haven-finding in the ocean sea

Dividing the land and the waters: the Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479-80

Joāo II: the "perfect prince" who looked south and east

Christopher Columbus: a Genoese who made a "Portuguese" voyage for Spain

Vasco da Gama: "May the devil take you! What brought you here?"

Cabral: the captain who touched four continents

Preconditions to an Asian empire

From discovery to conquest

The shape of empire: the nucleus, 1509-15

The shape of empire, continued: the nucleus, 1515-80

Institutions of trade and government

The shape of empire: the Western periphery

The periphery: Indonesia

The periphery: China and Japan

The balance sheet.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8156-2

OCLC:

171126436

Publisher Number:

9780816607822