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SOUSA (Alfredo Botelho de). SUBSÍDIOS para a História Militar Marítima da Índia (1585-1669). Lisboa. 1930. - SOUSA (Alfredo Botelho de) SUBSÍDIOS para a História Militar Marítima da Índia (1585-1669) . Lisboa: Imprensa da Armada, 1930. 4 vol.: il; 235 mm. First edition, published in four volumes by the Navy Press starting in 1930. An indispensable reference work for the study of Portuguese naval history in India during the period between 1585 and 1669, a phase of progressive decline of Portuguese maritime power in the Indian Ocean in the face of Dutch and English competition. Based on documentary research, it reconstructs the campaigns, naval battles, and military operations in which the Portuguese Navy was involved during this chronological arc, which extends from the final phase of sixteenth-century hegemony to the consolidation of the presence of rival powers in the region. An essential reference work for historians of the navy and the Portuguese empire in the East, frequently cited in specialized bibliographies on Portuguese expansion and maritime conflicts in the Indian Ocean. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate