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Malyn Newitt has taught at the universities of Rhodesia and Exeter, and until he retired was the Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. His many books include The Braganzas (Reaktion, 2019).

Introduction
1 Western Europe and the World before the Fifteenth Century
2 The Princes of the Avis Dynasty and the Beginning of Portuguese Maritime Exploration
3 The Social and Economic History of the Portuguese Atlantic Empire
4 The Portuguese Exploration of the West African Coast in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century: Cão and Dias
5 Portuguese Royal Women in the Age of Discovery
6 Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral and Renaissance Portugal
7 Duarte Pacheco Pereira: Portugal’s Complete Renaissance Man
8 Magellan: The Navigator as Epic Hero
9 Understanding the Portuguese Voyages of Discovery: A Long-Term Perspective

Glossary
The Avis Dynasty
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index