Item #2332966 The Portuguese Seaborne Empire: 1415-1825 (The History of Human Society). Charles R. Boxer, J. H. Plumb.

The Portuguese Seaborne Empire: 1415-1825 (The History of Human Society)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Good. Item #2332966
ISBN: 0394441028

First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears, jacket flap clipped with price intact.

xxvi, 415, xiv pp. Black-and-white fold-out map follows text. The Portuguese pioneered the maritime expansion of Europe which, above all else, marks off the modern from the medieval world. Follows the vicissitudes of the Portuguese on three continents during four centuries of tempestuous and dangerous sailing, trading, preaching, and fighting.

Price: $200.00