Emigration and the sea : an alternative history of Portugal and the Portuguese /

Today, Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world and Brazil is a new economic powerhouse. Both phenomena result from the Portuguese "discoveries" of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the Catholic missions that planted Portuguese communities in every contin...

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Main Author:	Newitt, M. D. D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Text in English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Portugal > History. Portugal > Emigration and immigration.