The origins of Portuguese expansion to 1469 -- Portuguese expansion, 1469-1500 -- Portuguese expansion in the East and the Atlantic, 1500 to 1515 -- The great Portuguese diaspora, 1515-1550 -- The Portuguese empire at its height, 1550-1580 -- Challenge and response : the Portuguese empire, 1580-1620 -- Defeat and survival, 1620-1668 -- Understanding Portuguese expansion
Summary
Between the 15th & 17th centuries Portugal built an economic & colonial empire that circled the globe. Malyn Newitt looks at how a late medieval society deployed itself as an economic superpower & successfuly resisted all challenges until well into the 1600s
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index
