num_pages: 277
description: Portugal is Europe's southwestern extremity, washed by the Atlantic, and warmed by the Mediterranean sun. Alone among Iberia's ancient kingdoms, in it's independence from Spain, it is a nation about half the size of Florida, with two -thirds the population. Yet over centuries, it has influenced the lives of the rest of us far more than many much larger and more powerful countries. The Portuguese gave the English afternoon tea, and Bombay, the key to empire. They brought to Africa protection from malaria, and slave-shipments to America; to India, higher education, curry and samosas; to Japan, tempura and firearms.
language: English
title: The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World
titlecomplete: The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World
genres: Historical, History, Portugal, Society, Economics, Reference, Portuguese Literature, Travel, Unfinished, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 684
places: Portugal
publisher: Casa das Letras