{"product_id":"lexpansion-portugaise-dans-le-monde-xive-xviie-siecles-les-multiples-facettes-dun-prisme","title":"Portuguese expansion in the world, 14th-17th centuries, the multiple facets of a prism.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Magellane\" collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Translation by VITEAU Émile, DE CASTRO Xavier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom its origins, Portuguese expansion, which we take here from its beginnings in the \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14th\u003c\/span\u003e century to the \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18th\u003c\/span\u003e century, was a historical phenomenon of immense diversity, much more so than Spanish expansion. The latter, in fact, was concentrated in America, between the Caribbean and the Inca and Aztec empires, and despite the abysmal differences between the various civilizations encountered, it is still a world that finds a certain unity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortuguese expansion, for its part, took place over three centuries on the scale of three oceans (Atlantic, Indian and Pacific) and three continents (America, Africa, Asia), in countries where the geographical, social, economic and political conditions were extremely varied. What was similar, indeed, even in the first quarter of the \u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16th\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/span\u003e , between the fishermen of Newfoundland, the Indians of Brazil approached in 1500, the multiple peoples of the two African coasts, recognized from 1434 to 1498, those of India (1498-1510), of Hormuz (1507) and of Insulin (1511), of China (1513) and even of Japan that the Portuguese were the first Europeans to discover in 1543.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis new type of Portuguese maritime empire was in fact a vast trading network, of which the Portuguese had a monopoly for almost the entire \u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16th\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/span\u003e , with more or less fortified ports of call across half the globe. Some were the embryo of important and lasting trading posts (Goa, Macao), or later of states (Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Timor).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The chronicles do not always give us a clear glimpse of the nature of this empire, and most often limit themselves to recording the official expansion – that is, its imperial aspect – and especially the exploits of war. They thus neglect other forms of expansion, such as the spontaneous diaspora of adventurers and merchants, which in certain geographical areas was the major event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt has thus always been impossible until now to offer a synthesis on this vast and fascinating subject, which affected the entire world from the \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16th\u003c\/span\u003e to the \u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18th\u003c\/span\u003e century. A book was needed that was both readable and truly concise, that swept away many preconceived ideas and, above all, that did not elude the great complexity of the situations and issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Luís Filipe Thomaz achieved this feat in a book published in Spanish in 2017 (Colombia), of which we are providing a revised and expanded version here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42748205990128,"sku":"25690","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/products\/1.-Couv-OK-EXPANSION-VERT400.jpg?v=1650980501","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/lexpansion-portugaise-dans-le-monde-xive-xviie-siecles-les-multiples-facettes-dun-prisme","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}