02132nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082002600246245009900272264005200371300005900423336002600482337002600508338003600534500007300570520103100643700004301674776003501717856004701752999001901799CR9780511779954UkCbUP20171019112332.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100519s2010||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511779954 (ebook)  z9780521768948 (hardback)  z9780521159142 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aDT472 b.P67 201000a303.48/246906090322204aThe Portuguese in West Africa, 1415–1670 :bA Documentary History /cEdited by Malyn Newitt. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (266 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aThe Portuguese in West Africa, 1415–1670 brings together a collection of documents - all in new English translation - that illustrate aspects of the encounters between the Portuguese and the peoples of North and West Africa in the period from 1400 to 1650. This period witnessed the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews, the emigration of Portuguese to West Africa and the islands, and the beginnings of the black diaspora associated with the slave trade. The documents show how the Portuguese tried to understand the societies with which they came into contact and to reconcile their experience with the myths and legends inherited from classical and medieval learning. They also show how Africans reacted to the coming of Europeans, adapting Christian ideas to local beliefs and making use of exotic imports and European technologies. The documents also describe the evolution of the black Portuguese communities in Guinea and the islands, as well as the slave trade and the way that it was organized, understood, and justified.1 aNewitt, Malyn,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978052176894840uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779954  c224925d224925