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THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825

by C.R. Boxer

Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st. 1969

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index.

Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

ISBN: 0090979400
Stock no. 1327780

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction by JH Plumb
  • PROLOGUE The western rim of Christendom
  • PART I VICISSITUDES OF EMPIRE
  • 1 Guinea gold and Prester John (1415-99)
  • 2 Shipping and spices in Asian seas (1500-1600)
  • 3 Converts and clergy in Monsoon Asia (1500-1600)
  • 4 Slaves and sugar in the South Atlantic (1500-1600)
  • 5 The global struggle with the Dutch (1600-63)
  • 6 Stagnation and contraction in the East (1663-1750)
  • 7 Revival and expansion in the West (1663-1750)
  • 8 The Pombaline dictatorship and its aftermath (1755-1825)
  • PART II CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPIRE
  • 9 the India fleets and the Brazil fleets
  • 10 the Crown patronage and the Catholic missions
  • 11 'Purity of blood' and 'contaminated races'
  • 12 Town councillors and brothers of charity
  • 13 Soldiers, settlers and vagabonds
  • 14 Merchants, monopolists, and smugglers
  • 15 The 'Kaffirs of Europe', the Renaissance and the Englightenment
  • 16 Sebastianism, Messianism and Nationalism
  • Glossary
  • Index

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