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CASTRO (Joaquim Magalhães de). PORTUGUESES no Extremo Oriente. Antes e depois de Fernão de Magalhães. Lisboa. 2023. - CASTRO (Joaquim Magalhães de) PORTUGUESES no Extremo Oriente. Antes e depois de Fernão de Magalhães . Lisboa: Edições Colibri, 2023. 240 pp.: il.; 230 mm. This work by Joaquim Magalhães de Castro, a Portuguese journalist and writer with extensive experience in the Far East, focuses on the Portuguese presence in Asia, with particular emphasis on the territories explored by Ferdinand Magellan and his contemporaries. The author draws on the tradition of travelogues to trace the Portuguese journey through the region before and after Magellan's circumnavigation. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate