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title: "The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery 1340-1665 (Men-at-Arms) (Men-at-Arms, 484)"
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# The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery 1340-1665 (Men-at-Arms) (Men-at-Arms, 484)

**Brand:** david nicolle
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- **What is this?** The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery 1340-1665 (Men-at-Arms) (Men-at-Arms, 484) by david nicolle
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## Customer Reviews

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    Portuguese ships and arms carve out an empire for three centuries.
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2018*

As with the vast majority of this series of Osprey "fighting men" books, this one is excellent. Nowadays, the large Portuguese contribution to the Age of Discovery is often overlooked, but that wasn't always the case. Although the Portuguese were in South America, mostly in Brazil, their ships and explorers ranged far and wide to Africa and Asia as well. Before that, Portugal had to fight a war with Spain to establish her own national identity. It's all here in this excellently illustrated history of the three-century era when Portugal rivaled Spain for glory and gold in parts of the "New World", using her ships, cannon, and lance-wielding soldiers on horseback to create overseas colonies for the King.Besides the color plates of Portuguese soldiers, prints of paintings and photos of artifacts and old forts, this book also contains sketch plans of Portuguese fortifications built during this historical era from locations all over the world. Very interesting material.I learned the Iberian hero Loyola was a Portuguese (not Spanish) knight and military officer. Loyola, of course founded the Church's Jesuit order after sustaining a crippling wound in battle. This book is full of interesting tidbits such as that one.

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    There's also the usual David Nicolle Islamic love fest to put up with
  

*by J***G on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018*

A typically competent Osprey "cliff notes" of the topic.Other posters argue that the book could have been more detailed and more on point if the time period had begun a little later (1415 or so) and ended a little earlier (after Al-Qasr Al-Kabeer in 1478). Probably. There's also the usual David Nicolle Islamic love fest to put up with, but still, a worthwhile treatment.

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    Not bad
  

*by D***H on Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018*

I thought this entry in the osprey series was actually quite good especially dealing with one of the first colonial European powers in history

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