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Studies on Portuguese Asia, 1495-1689 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Studies on Portuguese Asia, 1495-1689 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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Portuguese Asia, otherwise known as the Estado da A ndia Oriental,
has been far less studied than the Spanish empire in America, its
counterpart in the Western hemisphere. It differed from that vast
entity in that it was essentially a maritime trading operation held
together by strategic territories, such as Goa, Ceylon, or Macau.
For more than a century these afforded it control of much of the
Indian Ocean. As Professor Winius shows, it was certainly the most
peculiar and colourful operation that existed in the history of
European expansion, even giving rise to a second, 'shadow' empire
created by escapees and renegades from its royal administration.
Some of these essays reflect on Portuguese involvement in other
areas, notably the Atlantic, and the impact this had in the East,
but their focus is on the Portuguese in South and Southeast Asia.
They describe its nature and its rise and fall, from the first
voyage of Vasco da Gama to its dismemberment by the Dutch in the
mid-seventeenth century, and include studies on the jewel trade and
on the Renaissance in Goa.
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