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41 Barros, João de
(1496-1570)Royal servant, humanist, and famed historical chronicler of Portugal's Asian empire of the 16th century. Following service in Portugal's Casa da Guiné and Casa da Mina, the well-educated humanist De Barros, who came from an educated family, composed his most noted, celebrated work, a historical chronicle, Da Asia, of which he completed two volumes, divided into "decades." His subject was the Portuguese discoveries in India and other parts of Asia, and his perspective was that of an innovative early modern historian. Three of the "decades" were issued in his lifetime, and the fourth appeared posthumously in 1614, under the pen of Diogo Do Couto. This historical study of Portugal in Asia, however, does not exhaust the reach of this talented writer, who had diverse interests, including the subjects of learning to read and write the Portuguese language, philosophy and religious studies, commerce, and geography. -
42 Ambari Hemp (Or Kenaf)
Very long, light-coloured, silky, soft and strong bast fibre. The fibre is from 5 to 6 feet in length and both harsher and stiffer than the fibre of hemp. It is much used by the natives of India for the manufacture of ropes, strings and a coarse canvas cloth for making into sacks. Also known as Gambo hemp. The plant is the kenaf plant. Hibiscus cannabinus, and cultivated in Persia and Trans-Caspian Russia. Also called "Da" in French West Africa, "Gombo" in Portuguese Africa, "Ambari" and "Deccan Hemp" in India, "Bimlipatam" in Madras Presidency.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Ambari Hemp (Or Kenaf)
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43 Малабаризская католическая церковь
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Малабаризская католическая церковь
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44 Malabarese Catholic Church
Религия: (A Chaldean rite church of southern India that united with Rome after the Portuguese colonization of Goa at the end of the 15th century) Малабаризская католическая церковьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Malabarese Catholic Church
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45 וסקו דה-גמה
Vasco Da-Gama, (c1460-1524) Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India -
46 Cabeca
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47 João II, king
(1455-1495)Known in Portuguese history as "The Perfect Prince," he ruled Portugal from 1481 to 1495. The son of King Afonso V and Dona Isabel, his life and reign reflected Portugal's ongoing struggle with Castile, a suppression of Portugal's more powerful nobility in order to reassert royal authority, and a continuation of Portugal's search for an all-water route to India around the coast of Africa. During his reign, two further exploratory steps were taken in this overseas strategy: the key voyages of Diogo Cão (as far south as the coast of Angola) and of Bartolomeu Dias, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean in 1488. As part of Portugal's quest to find and help "Prester John," supposedly a Christian king in Africa or Asia, King João also encouraged the departure in the late 1480s of Afonso de Paiva and Pero de Covilhã, at least one of whom reached Ethiopia, on an expedition overland in Africa. -
48 Wellington, Duke of
(Arthur Wellesley)(1769-1852)The British general who helped liberate Portugal from French occupation under Napoleon's armies (1808-11), turned back three French invasions, and enabled Portugal to reassert its independence as a nation-state. Born in Ireland, Arthur Wellesley became the most talented and honored soldier of several generations during the first half of the 19th century. He attended Great Britain's famed public school, Eton, and entered the British army and first served in the Low Countries in the 1790s and then in campaigns in British India and the 1807 Copenhagen expedition.When the British government decided to send an expedition to oppose Napoleon's occupation of Portugal, Wellesley was appointed commander of the force, which landed at the mouth of the Mondego River on 1 August 1808. For the next three years, the famous lieutenant general led Anglo-Portuguese forces against the three French invasions and, by 1811, had defeated the French. Wellington's forces proceeded across the frontier into Spain where, for the next two years, the allied forces fought victoriously against the French. Wellington received a number of honors, titles, and decorations from Portugal for his heroic efforts; after the final expulsion of French forces under Masséna, in 1810, Portugal's government granted Wellington—among other honors—the title of viscount of Vimieiro and the medal the Grand Cross of the Tower and the Sword (Torre e Espada).
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