The Portuguese Seaborne Empire, 1415-1825

Amerindians Angola António António Vieira Asia Asian Atlantic Baçaim Bahia Brazil Brazilian C. R. Boxer camara Cape carracks carreira Ceylon China Chinese Christians Church clergy coast coastal Coimbra colonial coloured Congo converts decree Dutch East ecclesiastical eighteenth century English envoy Europe European export fidalgos fleets foreign French friars gold governors guese Guinea Hindu Iberian Indiamen Indian Ocean Inquisition island Japan Jesuits João King John kingdom land later likewise Lisbon Luanda Macao Malabar Malacca Manuel maritime merchants mestiços military Minas Gerais misericórdia missionaries Moçambique monarchs monopoly Mulattos municipal council Muslim Negro slaves officials Oporto Ormuz overseas Padre Padroado period Pernambuco Pombal population ports Portugal Portugal's Portuguese Crown Portuguese empire Portuguese India Prester John priests Prince regions religious Orders Rio de Janeiro Roman Catholic royal sailing seaborne empire seventeenth century ships sixteenth century slave trade society soldiers Spanish spices sugar tion Tomé Viceroy Vieira voyage West Africa