Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Chapter 1. West-East Relations from Ancient Times to the Fourteenth Century A.D

Chapter 2. Prelude to Empire: Portuguese and European Expansion to 1415

Chapter 3. Ceuta

the Beginning of Empire

Chapter 4. Portuguese Expansion in Africa and the Atlantic, 1415-37

Chapter 5. New Discoveries along the African Coast and the Old Spanish Rival

Chapter 6. Explorations to Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands

Chapter 7. Henry "The Navigator" Who Followed His Stars

Chapter 8. Navigation: Portuguese Haven-Finding in the Ocean Sea

Chapter 9. Dividing the Land and the Waters: the Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479-80

Chapter 10. João II: the Perfect Prince Who Looked South and East

Chapter 11. Christopher Columbus: a Genoese Who Made a Portuguese Voyage for Spain

Chapter 12. Vasco da Gama: May the Devil Take You! What Brought You Here?

Chapter 13. Cabral: the Captain Who Touched Four Continents

Chapter 14. Preconditions to an Asian Empire

Chapter 15. From Discovery to Conquest

Chapter 16. The Shape of Empire: the Nucleus, 1509-15

Chapter 17. The Shape of Empire, Continued: the Nucleus, 1515-80

Chapter 18. Institutions of Trade and Government

Chapter 19. The Shape of Empire: the Western Periphery

Chapter 20. The Periphery: Indonesia

Chapter 21. The Periphery: China and Japan

Chapter 22. The Balance Sheet