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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1870 edition by Edward Stanford, London. ... Read more

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This book explores the interaction between Europe and East Asia between the 16th and the 18th centuries in the field of mathematical sciences, bringing to the fore the role of Portugal as an agent of transmission of European science to East Asia. It is an important contribution to understanding this fundamental period of scientific history, beginning with the arrival of Vasco da Gama in India in 1498 and ending with the expulsion of the Society of Jesus from Portugal in 1759. The former event opened a new era in relations between Europe and Asia, in particular regarding the circulation of scientific knowledge, leading to major social and intellectual changes in both continents. The Society of Jesus controlled education in Portugal and in the Empire. It was central to the network of knowledge transmission until the Society was expelled from Portugal in 1759. ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Coimbra, History of Lisbon, 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, Igreja de São Roque, Siege of Lisbon, Sisnando Davides, Expo '98, History of Porto, Ribeira Palace, Hospital Real de Todos Os Santos, Abada, Instituto Industrial E Comercial de Lisboa, Conímbriga, Lisboa E Vale Do Tejo, Estaus Palace, Coat of Arms of Lisbon, County of Coimbra, Taifa of Lisbon, Aeminium, São Pedro de Alcântara, Flag of Lisbon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Igreja de São Roque (Church of Saint Roch) in Lisbon was the earliest Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere. It served as the Societys home church in Portugal for over 200 years, before the Jesuits were expelled from that country. After the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, the church and its ancillary residence were given to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (the Charity House of Lisbon) to replace their church and headquarters which had been destroyed. It remains a part of the Santa Casa today, one of its many heritage buildings. The Igreja de São Roque was one of the few buildings in Lisbon to survive the Earthquake relatively unscathed. When built in the 16th century it was the first Jesuit church designed in the auditorium-church style specifically for preaching. It contains a number of chapels, most in the Baroque style of the early 17th century. The most notable chapel is the 18th-century Chapel of St. John the Baptist (Capela de São João Baptista), a project by Nicola Salvi and Luigi Vanvitelli constructed in Rome of many precious stones and disassembled, shipped and reconstructed in São Roque; at the time it was reportedly the most expensive chapel in Europe. Igreja de São Roque: Floorplan In 1505 Lisbon was being ravaged by the plague, which ha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16944896 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Spain and Portugal," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Spain and Portugal in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Spain and Portugal when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Spain and Portugal, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Papers presented at the 2nd Conference on "Goa and Portugal: History and Development" held in Goa during Sept. 6-9, 1999. ... Read more

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Publisher: London : Baldwin and CradockPublication date: 1833Subjects: Spain -- HistoryPortugal -- HistoryNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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*16 pages of illustrations
* 5 x 9
* Covers every aspect of the war
* Contributions by leading international military historians

This complementary volume to Sir Charles Oman's monumental study bringstogether new research by today's leading historians highlighting recentdevelopments in Peninsular War scholarship.By examining moderninterpretations, fresh evidence and new areas of research, this analysisof key aspects of the fighting in Spain and Portugal advances the debateon the struggle that marked the beginning of the end for NapoleonicEurope.

Paddy Griffith was a senior lecturer in War Studies at the Royal MilitaryAcademy Sandhurst, and is the author of numerous books, including TheViking Art of War. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

A good summary of Oman's History of the Peninsular War
I haven't quite finished this book yet but what I have read so far indicates a decent and balanced summary of Oman's monumental work. Paddy Griffith has assembled a team of largely well-established Napoleonichistorians to make their own commentaries on Oman's work and I find ithelpful to have read this book first before ploughing thru Oman's 7-volwork.

More hornblowing and trumpeting.
Want to taste jingoism?Read this book.Want to know how a biased book reads?Buy it."God Save the Queen," but not Paddy Griffith!

Griffith, take my advice and take a course in objectivity and professionalism from J. Elting and G. Nafziger before you grind out yournext book. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1832 edition by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, London. ... Read more

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Publisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmePublication date: 1809Subjects: Brazil -- Description and travelNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1870 edition by Edward Stanford, London. ... Read more