The Portuguese in the East: A Cultural History of a Maritime Trading Empire

ISBN-13: 9781784539160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 232 str.

Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya

Opis

Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in the late 15th Century opened up new economic and cultural horizons for the Portuguese.

O autorze

Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. She is the author of five other books: Tagus to Taprobane: Portuguese Impact on the Socioculture of Sri Lanka from 1505AD, An Anthology of Indo-Portuguese Verse, Indo-Portuguese of Ceylon, African Identity in Asia: Cultural Effects of Forced Migration and African Diaspora in Asian Trade Routes and Cultural Memories.