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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Malyn NewittPublisher: Reaktion Books Imprint: Reaktion Books ISBN: 9781789147025ISBN 10: 1789147026 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 01 April 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Western Europe and the World before the Fifteenth Century 2 The Princes of the Avis Dynasty and the Beginning of Portuguese Maritime Exploration 3 The Social and Economic History of the Portuguese Atlantic Empire 4 The Portuguese Exploration of the West African Coast in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century: Cão and Dias 5 Portuguese Royal Women in the Age of Discovery 6 Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral and Renaissance Portugal 7 Duarte Pacheco Pereira: Portugal’s Complete Renaissance Man 8 Magellan: The Navigator as Epic Hero 9 Understanding the Portuguese Voyages of Discovery: A Long-Term Perspective Glossary The Avis Dynasty References Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements IndexReviews"""Few living scholars know as much about the Portuguese empire as Newitt. None writes about it with more confidence, clarity, critical acuity, and common sense. His new book is the precious gift of a long lifetime's work and reflection, enlivened by moments of subtle humor and distinguished by objectivity, reliability, and restraint in judgement.""--Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, and author of ""Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan"" ""One of the seminal episodes in world history was the 15th- and 16th-century Portuguese discovery of and expansion into Asia, Africa, and the Americas. . . . Newitt envisions this history not as a series of dramatic enterprises but as a continuation of patterns already in process in both parts of the world. Written in a readable style, this volume shows the history as a collaborative effort between already famous discoverers and an often ignored, supporting cast of crews, soldiers, women, Sephardic Jews, and African captives. . . . Highly recommended.""-- ""Choice"" ""Navigations is at once a history of the politics and economy of the world that drew Portuguese mariners ever further from their home ports and an exploration of the complex networks of people who facilitated their voyages, ranging from women in royal households to ship crews and local pilots who guided Portuguese ships to safe anchorages. Drawing on a long career as a historian and synthesizing the most recent scholarship, Newitt transforms the Portuguese age of discovery from the exploits of a few dozen heroic men into a scholarly discovery of contested interactions among technology, economics, cultural encounters, human frailties, and social ambitions. This book is an engaging and at times unsettling meditation on the long-term consequences of discovery and our need to reexamine their continuing global impacts.""--Elizabeth Mancke, professor of history and Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canadian Studies, University of New Brunswick ""Navigations provides a much-needed reexamination of the Portuguese Empire of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, one that considers a varied and wide cast of participants. Persuasively argued and masterfully written, this book interlaces Portugal's 'Age of Discoveries' with its European antecedents, context, and impacts in vital ways.""--Jorge Flores, University of Lisbon" Few living scholars know as much about the Portuguese empire as Newitt. None writes about it with more confidence, clarity, critical acuity, and common sense. His new book is the precious gift of a long lifetime's work and reflection, enlivened by moments of subtle humor and distinguished by objectivity, reliability, and restraint in judgement --Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame """Few living scholars know as much about the Portuguese empire as Newitt. None writes about it with more confidence, clarity, critical acuity, and common sense. His new book is the precious gift of a long lifetime's work and reflection, enlivened by moments of subtle humor and distinguished by objectivity, reliability, and restraint in judgement""--Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame" Author InformationMalyn Newitt has taught at the universities of Rhodesia and Exeter, and until he retired, he was the Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. He is the author of many books, including Portuguese Settlement on the Zambesi, Portugal in Africa, AHistory of Mozambique, East Africa, and A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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