Author: William Dalrymple (Lieutenant-Colonel.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Travels Through Spain and Portugal, in 1774
Author: William Dalrymple (Lieutenant-Colonel.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
Travels Through Spain and Portugal, in 1774, with a Short Account of the Spanish Expedition Against Algiers, in 1775
Author: William DalrympleA Brief History of Portugal
Author: Jeremy BlackPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472143574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman era. Portugal's history from ad420 to the thirteenth century takes in the Suevi, Visigoths and Moors. Then, a look at medieval Portugal, covers the development of Christian Portugal culminating with the expulsion of the Moors, with a focus on key sites. A subsequent section on Spanish rule, between 1580 and 1640, explains why Spain took over and why Spanish rule collapsed. There is a significant focus on Portugal's global role, particularly during the age of exploration, or expansion, in the fifteenth century to 1580: Manueline Portugal, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama and Belém. Portugal was the first of the Atlantic empires, with territory in the Azores, Madeira, West Africa and Brazil, and it remained a major empire until the 1820s, retaining an African empire until the 1970s. It's empire in Asia - in Malacca, Macao, Goa and Timor - continued even longer, until the 1990s. Black shows how Portugal had a global impact, but the world, too, had an impact on Portugal. Baroque Portugal, between 1640 and 1800, is explored through palaces in Mafra, Pombal and elsewhere and the wealth of Brazil. The nineteenth century brought turmoil in the form of a French invasion, the Peninsular War, Brazilian independence, successive revolutions, economic issues and the end of the monarchy. Republican Portugal brought further chaos in the early years of the twentieth century, then the dictatorship of Salazar and its end in the Carnation Revolution of 1974. Portugal's role in both world wars is examined, also its wars in Africa. From the overthrow of autocracy to a new constitution and the leadership of Soares, contemporary, democratic Portugal is explored, including the fiscal crisis of recent years. Throughout Black introduces the history and character of the country's principal regions, including the Azores, Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands. He looks at key national sites, at Portuguese food and wine and the arts, with special sections devoted to port, Portugal's famous tiles and the university established at Coimbra in 1290.
Travels Through Spain and Portugal, in 1774; With a Short Account of the Spanish Expedition Against Algiers, in 1775
Author: WILLIAM. DALRYMPLEPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379918301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T144564 London: printed for J. Almon, 1777. iv,187, [1]p., plates: map; 4°
“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World
Author: John PinkertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century
Author: Robert KerrHistory of Civilization in England
Author: Henry Thomas BucklePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Women in the Peninsular War
Author: Charles J. EsdailePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806147644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In Women in the Peninsular War, Esdaile looks beyond the iconography. While a handful of Spanish and Portuguese women became Agustina-like heroines, a multitude became victims, and here both of these groups receive their due. But Esdaile reveals a much more complicated picture in which women are discovered to have experienced, responded to, and participated in the conflict in various ways.
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