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The Portuguese Seaborne Empire 1415-1825

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First published in 1969, this volume (a unique masterpiece, the culmination of a monumental career of scholarship in Portuguese studies) analyses the challenges that the Portuguese, creating and sustaining a seaborne empire on three continents for four centuries, were the first to encounter.

Charles Boxer was born in 1904. He was commissioned into the Lincolnshire regiment in 1923, serving until 1947 when he retired as a Major. He then became Camões Professor of Portuguese at London University (1947-51, 1953-67), Professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African ... read more

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The Portuguese Seaborne Empire 1415-1825 C.R. Boxer Categories: Portuguese Imprint: Aspects of Portugal Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Description Author First published in 1969, this volume (a unique masterpiece, the culmination of a monumental career of scholarship in Portuguese studies) analyses the challenges that the Portuguese, creating and sustaining a seaborne empire on three continents for four centuries, were the first to encounter. Charles Boxer was born in 1904. He was commissioned into the Lincolnshire regiment in 1923, serving until 1947 when he retired as a Major. He then became Camões Professor of Portuguese at London University (1947-51, 1953-67), Professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African ... read more	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: John Gallas read more Emotional Support Horse: Claudine Toutoungi read more
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The Portuguese Seaborne Empire 1415-1825

C.R. Boxer