Conquerors How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

Crowley's book diggs deeper in the history of Portugals exploration and conquest of Indian territory. It focuses on key figures and their lifes which makes it very interesting to read and never bores you.

I own the German and the Portuguese edition, too. This history book, shows very detailed living in Portugal in the 15/16 centuries. We were the leading European country, who began to explore new seaways and countries. We were the first Europeans who did get one small piece of Land. Offered by the Chinese emperor, for our service in defending this part of the coast, against pirates. Macau. The next control point our brave geostrategic genius Afonso De Albuquerque conquered. To begin the control of the spices trade. It's was in the possession of the Osman's Empire. This point was called Ormuz, and belonged to the Persian Empire. And the main circle point of the spices trade was happening in Malacca. So he did conquered this city too. One commerce city with the global importance of Singapore, today. We were the first Europeans discovering Indonesian Islands. And 1543 we got trading points in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Infortunately not for a long time. The Japanese royals Shogun called, had make one condition. No religion converting. But the Jesuits on our Ships, didn't follow this rule. So the Japanese royals quit the relationship with Portugal. And the already converted christians, was throwing the cliffs down. The Jesuits priests decapitated. Fernando Pessoa, one very famous Portuguese Author said, all the empires had one limitation. But the Portuguese Empire has no limits. If the oceans were infinite!