Spencer LowMar 12, 20235 min16th century Dutch spy who exposed Portuguese secretsMy last post on the 15th century Portuguese merchant-spy Pêro da Covilhã prompted quite a bit of debate among some readers around how the...
Spencer LowMar 5, 20233 minPêro da Covilhã: 15th century merchant-spyIn the history of the Portuguese Age of Discoveries, the focus has been on the maritime exploits of the day, with Bartolomeu Dias sailing...
Spencer LowOct 30, 20223 minThe Portuguese impact on KeralaKerala, a state on the southwest coast of India, is perhaps not particularly well-known in the rest of the world. I first heard about it...