Portuguese Sea Battles Six Volumes By Saturnino Monteiro
Price: NZ$129.62
Code: BH1333
Portuguese Sea Battles Six Volumes Signed By The Author Saturnino Monteiro
Signed and gifted to the Captain of the Cunard Queen Elizabeth by the author.
Format :- Soft Cover
Dust cover:- Not applicable.
Size :- Six Volumes 240mm x 170mm
Date Published :- 2010
Pages :-
Condition :- Very good.
Illustrations :- black and white plates maps and charts.
VOLUME I, THE FIRST WORLD SEA POWER – 1139 – 1521
The story of how Portugal, a small and poor Country situated in the west extremity of Europe, became in a few years the first world great Power and started the globalization process.
VOLUME II, CHRISTIANITY, COMMERCE AND CORSO – 1522 – 1538
The story of how a mixture of greed, daring and faith were enough to cement an immense empire practically made up of fortresses, fleets and factories at the beginning of the 16th century.
VOLUME III, FROM BRAZIL TO JAPAN – 1539-1579
The story how the Portuguese began the colonization of Brazil and extended their maritime trade till the far away islands of Japan, fighting unremittingly French, Turks, Malabars, Malayan and Chinese pirates.
VOLUME IV, LACK OF INNOVATION (1580-1603)
This book reveals the way the English, thanks to their advanced ships and skilled sailors, were able to defeat the huge Iberian fleets and the Portuguese, who, though under the yoke of Spain, managed to keep practically intact their overseas Empire.
VOLUME V, LOSS OF SEA MASTERY (1604-1626)
This book unveils the story of how the Portuguese, by not being able to have fleets as good as those of the English and the Dutch, ended in losing the sea mastery and turned into a second rate Naval Power.
VOLUME VI, THE MIRACLE OF RESTORATION (1627-1668)
The incredible story how the Portuguese, practically without an army and a navy, managed not only to recover their independence but also to defeat the Spaniards in Europe and the Dutch in Brazil, Angola and São Tomé.
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