Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580-1640 - Paperback
Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580-1640 - Paperback
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by James C. Boyajian (Author)
This fascinating history reassesses the consequences of Portugal's flourishing private trade with Asia, including increased tensions between the growing urban merchant class and the still-dominant landed aristocracy. James C. Boyajian shows how Portuguese-Asian commerce formed part of a global trading network that linked not only Europe and Asia but also-for the first time-Asia, West Africa, Brazil, and Spanish America. He also argues that, contrary to previous scholarly opinion, nearly half of the Portuguese-Asian trade was controlled by New Christians-descendants of Iberian Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in the 1490s.
Author Biography
James C. Boyajian is the author of Portuguese Bankers at the Court of Spain, 1626-1650.
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