Second in a series on Portuguese companies and investors in Asia — what they built, what survived, and what is still being built today. Informação da armação ou contrato da Companhia em que os moradores de Amacao mandão a sua çeda a Japão. Report concerning the armação, or corporate agreement, by which the residents of Macau send their silk to Japan. — Manuel Dias S.J., report to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, 18 April 1610. Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Ja

In the history of the Portuguese Age of Discoveries, the focus has been on the maritime exploits of the day, with Bartolomeu Dias sailing...

Many thanks to João Pimenta, the Beijing bureau chief of the Portuguese news agency Lusa for reaching out to me. He noticed this blog...

Yesterday, June 10, was Portugal's national day and our Portuguese friends are enjoying a long weekend. The Portuguese ambassador to...

The Codex Casanatense, or Códice Casanatense in Portuguese, is a set of 16th century Portuguese illustrations. Likely the work of an...

Why pass so many storms, and life and times so sore, forever at death's door? I'd give up pepper without qualms. Par passar tanta...

I intend to explore this topic through four perspectives: What were the political drivers for what was a costly national undertaking? Was...