Conquerors : how Portugal forged the first global empire
Title:
Conquerors : how Portugal forged the first global empire
Author:
Crowley, Roger, 1951-
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Publication Information:
New York : Random House, [2015]
Edition:
First edition.
ISBNF:
9780812994001
Physical Description:
xxv, 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Abstract:
Presents a narrative history of the Portuguese discovery of a sea route to India, their subsequent imperial conquests over Muslim rulers, and their violent domination of the spice trade.
Contents:
Prologue: The prow of Europe -- Part I. Reconnaissance: the route to the Indies -- The India plan -- The race -- Vasco da Gama -- "The Devil take you!" -- The Samudri -- Part II. Monopolies and holy war -- Cabral -- The fate of the Miri -- Fury and vengeance -- Toeholds -- The Kingdom of India -- The great whore of Babylon -- "The terrible" -- Three days at Chaul -- "The wrath of the Franks" -- Diu -- Part III. Conquest: The great Khan of India -- The doors of the Samudri -- "What the Portuguese win they never give up" -- Prisoners of the rain -- The uses of terror -- To the eye of the sun -- The wax bullet -- "All the riches of the world in your hands" -- The last voyage -- Epilogue: "They never stop in one place".
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