Portuguese Enclaves: 1200 to 1900: South, Central, and West Asia

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish a colonial empire in south Asia, begun only seven years after the first Portuguese traders under Vasco da Gama arrived in India. Da Gama's expedition was so financially successful—reaping a 60-fold profit—that the ...

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