具体描述
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade. Told with Roger Crowley's customary skill and verve, this is narrative history at its most vivid - an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts, it brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men such as Afonso de Albuquerque, the first European since Alexander the Great to found an Asian empire - who set in motion five hundred years of European colonisation and unleashed the forces of globalisation.
作者简介
Roger Crowley read English at Cambridge. He has had a varied career as a teacher and publisher and is the author of three books on the history of the Mediterranean. He lives in Gloucestershire and now writes full time. His website address is www.rogercrowley.co.uk
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序章：欧洲的船头 1405-1433 郑和七下西洋 1385年 若昂一世建立阿维斯王朝 1415年 攻陷摩洛哥重要港口休达 从此崛起 托勒密相信印度洋是封闭的 而葡萄牙人开始不断在西非探索 寻找绕过非洲抵达印度的航线 第一部 侦察：通往印度之路，1483～1499年 1 印度计划 在葡萄牙人的观念...
评分用户评价
1 除了自身发展的内在驱动，原来寻找圣约翰王，光大基督圣意也是大航海时代的诱因。2 客观来说，也加速了世界的融合、发展。3 希望作者能再接再厉，写一写葡萄牙帝国的衰落。
评分1 除了自身发展的内在驱动，原来寻找圣约翰王，光大基督圣意也是大航海时代的诱因。2 客观来说，也加速了世界的融合、发展。3 希望作者能再接再厉，写一写葡萄牙帝国的衰落。
评分喜欢足球的朋友应该知道一句话：欧洲无弱旅，此话用在1500年后的欧洲也适用。以《地中海三部曲》出名的英国历史学家Crawley的新作，讲述了偏居欧洲西南一隅的葡萄牙率欧洲之先探索并征服非洲、印度洋、马六甲海峡的故事。在东罗马帝国陷落后，伊斯兰世界构成基督教世界的极大威胁，就在此时，蕞尔小国葡萄牙突然拔起，避开地中海，绕非洲而超伊斯兰的后路，他们在印度西岸打入，锋芒直逼红海。包括曼努尔在内的三代国王，以踏平马木留克帝国、荡寇伊斯兰、收复耶路撒冷进而成为欧洲的王中王为蓝图，大力投资海上探险，在一百多年的时间内，建立了欧洲中世纪后第一个全球帝国！现在，葡萄牙衰落成欧洲病夫，而就在1500年的时间，她竟然是欧洲的前锋和船头！
评分The sea with limits may be Greek or Roman; the sea without end is Portuguese. Knowledge is power and wealth.
评分“地中海史诗三部曲”作者克劳利的新书来啦。。。葡萄牙探索印度洋和太平洋，在亚洲的殖民活动，与伊斯兰世界的战争
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