MARITIME HISTORY

Portuguese Sea Battles – Volume I
THE FIRST WORLD SEA POWER – 1139 – 1521
[The Conquest of the Territory (1139 – 1249), Alliances and Wars with Castile (1250 – 1414), Overseas Expansion (1415 – 1521)]

This is 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.


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Portuguese Sea Battles – Volume II
CHRISTIANITY, COMMERCE AND CORSO – 1522 - 1538
[Overseas Expansion (1522 - 1538)]

This is 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.

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(The eight volumes of the Portuguese version of «Portuguese Sea Battles» were published by sadacostalivraria@gmail.com)