The Portuguese Seaborne Empire: 1415-1825 (The History of Human Society)

xxvi, 415, xiv pp. Black-and-white fold-out map follows text. The Portuguese pioneered the maritime expansion of Europe which, above all else, marks off the modern from the medieval world. Follows the vicissitudes of the Portuguese on three continents during four centuries of tempestuous and dangerous sailing, trading, preaching, and fighting.