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Portugali tunnetaan historiassa valloittajavaltiona, joka maantieteellisesti suotuisan sijaintinsa sekä merenkulku- ja sotilastaitojensa avulla laajensi sitkeästi Euroopan maantieteellisen ja kartografisen tietämyksen rajoja. Kun otetaan huomioon emovaltion koko, voidaan sanoa, että portugalilaiset rantautuivat ilmiömäisen moniin maihin. He hallitsivat mm. Ceylonia, Guinean rannikkoa, Kap Verden saaria, Jaavaa, Macaota ja Mombasaa.

Euroopassa Portugali oli pitkään suuren naapurinsa Espanjan vaikutuspiirissä, mutta viimeisten kolmen vuosikymmenen aikana se on oman sisäpoliittisen murroksensa, imperiumista luopumisen ja EEC:n jäsenyyden myötä löytänyt nykyisen vakaan asemansa. Tänä päivänä Portugali näyttäytyy vierailijoille erinomaisen suosittuna ja edullisena matkailumaana, jolla yhtäältä on mielenkiintoinen historia ja toisaalta nähtävissä on voimakkaasti modernisoituva ja kehittyvä valtio.

Traveller's History: Portugali on ainoa suomenkielinen laaja historia Portugalista, ja se tarjoaa lukijalleen kokonaisvaltaisen esityksen Portugalin valtiollisesta kehityksestä, maantieteellisistä olosuhteista, kulttuurista ja ylipäänsä portugalilaisista.

241 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

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Ian Robertson

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For works by psychologist and neuroscientist Ian Roberston see Ian H. Robertson

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March 24, 2022
read in preparation for a family holiday, certainly not exhaustive but definitely exhausting, densely packed, dry in most places but very amusing (to me anyway) when there are streams of people deposing their own close relatives only to die of some medieval disease in a few months and then set off a whole new set of problems
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August 1, 2018
Difficult to read but I learned a little history and info for my upcoming trip so it was still helpful.
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1,108 reviews
January 29, 2019
Good concise, if somewhat dry, overview of Portugal’s history...from the beginning to early 2000’s.
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September 27, 2021
Interesting but at times more like an endless stream of facts than an engaging historical narrative.
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November 28, 2022
Had to read this book due to my advanced English class but its actually very helpful in other subjects as well, it explains in an useful way the history of Portugal :)
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March 1, 2018
For me this book was mostly unreadable, but I struggled through it anyway. It was pretty much a boring presentation by some obviously British author(s).
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August 7, 2011
It's condensed but packed with enough detail to feel you are learning something. I would recommend the series.
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September 9, 2015
It's a history book so if you don't like history it's not for you. If you are planning a trip to Portugal I think it is a good required reading.
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March 1, 2015
dry. wars and leaders. not much more than a timeline.
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