Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580--1640

by James C. Boyajian and Professor James C. Boyajian

"In a superbly researched work, rich in provocative and revisionist interpretations, whose sources, ideas, and references will be mined by many scholars, Boyajian adopts a comparative approach to study Portuguese commercial links to Asia, reassess crown involvement in trade vis a vis private participation, place the Cape trade within the context of global trade, and throw newlight on Portuguese merchant families."-- Canadian Journal of History. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801844053
• ISBN13: 9780801844058
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 356 Pages