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WHITEWAY (R. S.). THE RISE of Portuguese Power in India 1497-1550. New York. 1969. - WHITEWAY (R. S.) THE RISE of Portuguese Power in India 1497-1550 . New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1969. XVI, 358 pp., 1 mapa: il.; 220 mm. Second edition (facsimile reprint, 1969) of this classic work by R.S. Whiteway, originally published in London in 1899. One of the first reference studies in English on the rise of Portuguese power in India, the work covers the period between Vasco da Gama's arrival in Calicut in 1498 and the consolidation of Portuguese dominance over the Indian Ocean trade routes in the mid-16th century, based on primary Portuguese sources and others that were then little known in the Anglophone world. An indispensable reference work for the study, in English, of the formation of the Portuguese State of India. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate