Conquerors

Roger Crowley read English at Cambridge. He has had a varied career as a teacher and publisher and is the author of three books on the history of the Mediterranean. He lives in Gloucestershire and now writes full time. His website address is www.rogercrowley.co.uk

出版者:Faber & Faber

作者:Roger Crowley

页数:400

出版时间:2015-9-17

价格:GBP 20.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780571290895

图书标签:葡萄牙历史English殖民史探险帝国英國歷史

As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade. Told with Roger Crowley's customary skill and verve, this is narrative history at its most vivid - an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts, it brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men such as Afonso de Albuquerque, the first European since Alexander the Great to found an Asian empire - who set in motion five hundred years of European colonisation and unleashed the forces of globalisation.

读后感

在我第四次飞去里斯本的飞机上，我一口气读完了罗杰·克劳利的这本《征服者：葡萄牙帝国的崛起》。如同蒙古人从贫穷的蒙古高原崛起征服整个欧亚大陆一样，伊比利亚半岛这个贫穷的小国葡萄牙在15——16世纪的时候缔造了一个传奇的海阳帝国。 如同这本书的开篇引用的葡语诗...  

在我第四次飞去里斯本的飞机上，我一口气读完了罗杰·克劳利的这本《征服者：葡萄牙帝国的崛起》。如同蒙古人从贫穷的蒙古高原崛起征服整个欧亚大陆一样，伊比利亚半岛这个贫穷的小国葡萄牙在15——16世纪的时候缔造了一个传奇的海阳帝国。 如同这本书的开篇引用的葡语诗...  

蕞尔小邦葡萄牙的崛起，并非出了几个了不得的天才帝王。事实上，即使是来了个秦皇汉武，在遥远的印度，他的政策能起到多少作用，也是一个大大的问号。同样，也并非天降武曲，迪亚士，达伽马，阿尔梅达，阿尔布开克，他们固然为葡国开疆拓土居功至伟，但充其量也就是一个执行者...  

用户评价

The sea with limits may be Greek or Roman; the sea without end is Portuguese. Knowledge is power and wealth.

The sea with limits may be Greek or Roman; the sea without end is Portuguese. Knowledge is power and wealth.

“地中海史诗三部曲”作者克劳利的新书来啦。。。葡萄牙探索印度洋和太平洋，在亚洲的殖民活动，与伊斯兰世界的战争

Had there been more of the world, would have discovered it. 从未想过，贝伦蛋挞原来融合了世界的味道——肉桂，咖啡，糖

喜欢足球的朋友应该知道一句话：欧洲无弱旅，此话用在1500年后的欧洲也适用。以《地中海三部曲》出名的英国历史学家Crawley的新作，讲述了偏居欧洲西南一隅的葡萄牙率欧洲之先探索并征服非洲、印度洋、马六甲海峡的故事。在东罗马帝国陷落后，伊斯兰世界构成基督教世界的极大威胁，就在此时，蕞尔小国葡萄牙突然拔起，避开地中海，绕非洲而超伊斯兰的后路，他们在印度西岸打入，锋芒直逼红海。包括曼努尔在内的三代国王，以踏平马木留克帝国、荡寇伊斯兰、收复耶路撒冷进而成为欧洲的王中王为蓝图，大力投资海上探险，在一百多年的时间内，建立了欧洲中世纪后第一个全球帝国！现在，葡萄牙衰落成欧洲病夫，而就在1500年的时间，她竟然是欧洲的前锋和船头！