The Portuguese in India
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780521028509
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Cultural studies; c 1700 to c 1800; Renaissance; History; History - General History; History: World; India; History / India; History / Renaissance; Portuguese--India--History; Portuguese--India--History Portuguese--India-; Goa, Daman and Diu (India); Portuguese
First sentence: Vasco da Gama's arrival near Calicut on 20 May 1498 was the culmination of a continuous, though spasmodic, Portuguese thrust into the Atlantic, south to the Cape of Good Hope, and on to India.
Notes: The New Cambridge History of India