A Nation upon the Ocean Sea: Portugal's Atlantic Diaspora and the Crisis of the Spanish Empire, 1492-1640

by Daviken Studnicki - Gizbert (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $29.71

  Traces the story of the Portuguese Nation from its emergence in the late 15th century to its fragmentation in the middle of the 17th century and situates it in relation to the expansion and crisis of Spanish imperial dominion in the Atlantic. This book reconstitutes the life of a community based on movement, maritime trade, and cultural hybridity.