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The Portuguese empire, 1415-1808 : a world on the move /

Title
The Portuguese empire, 1415-1808 : a world on the move / A.J.R. Russell-Wood.
Author
Russell-Wood, A. J. R., 1939-2010,
Publication
Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors
Russell-Wood, A. J. R., 1939-2010.
Description
xxix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Originally published: A world on the move : the Portuguese in Africa, Asia, and America, 1415-1808. Manchester [England] : Carcanet, in association with The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1992.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-264) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Quincentennials -- Portugal and the "Age of Discoveries" -- Movers: caravels, carracks, caravans, canoes, and carts -- Flux and reflux of people (Migrants and settlers, Servants of the Crown, Servants of Christ, Servants of mammon, the voiceless, individuals and groups, carriers of disease) -- Ebb and flow of commodities -- Dissemination of flora and fauna -- Transmission of styles, mores, and ideas -- Movement in word and image -- Chronology -- A note on two Portuguese artists [Carlos Juliao (1740-1811)and Joaquim Candido Guillobel (1787-1859)].
ISBN
0801859557
LCCN
  • 9780801859557
  • 98003736
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library