The Portuguese in the age of discoveries c.1340-1665
[Book]
David Nicolle ; illustrated by Gerry & Sam Embleton.
Botley, Oxford
Osprey Publishing,
2012.
48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Men-at-arms, 484
From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia).",,,,,"From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia).