Portuguese sea battles
By: Armando da Silva Saturnino Monteiro, Captain Portuguese Navy (retired), Professor (retired) of Organization and Leadership, Politics and Strategy and Maritime HIstory at the Portuguese Naval School, member Emeritus of the Portuguese Naval Academy
Publisher: Saturnino Monteiro
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oeiras, Portugal
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789899683600; 9789899683624; 9789899683648; 9789899683655; 9789899683662; 9789899683679
Subjects: Naval History; History; Sea-power; Portugal Armada; Portugal
Work titles: Batalhas e combates da Marinha Portuguesa
Description: "... [A] detailed and very well prepared work concerning the feats of the Portuguese Navy from the origins of the Nationality. Written in an accessible style and always very attractive, it parades before the readers an enormous amount of naval, political and military facts and deeds of the greatest interest to a better knowledge of our History." --Revista Militar.
Notes: Translation of Batalhas e combates da Marinha Portuguesa.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The first world sea power, 1139-1521; title: v. 2. Christianity, commerce and Corso, 1522-1538; title: v. 3. From Brazil to Japan, 1539-1579; title: v. 4. Lack of innovation, 1580-1603; title: v. 5. Loss of sea mastery, 1604-1626; title: v. 6. The miracle of restoration, 1627-1668; title: v. 7. In the shade of England, 1669-1807; title: v. 8. Downfall of the empire, 1808-1975.