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Idioma: Inglês

Pioneers of Globalization: Why the Portuguese surprised the World
Autor(a): Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, Tessaleno Devezas
Editora: Centro Atlântico

Sinopse

A 270-page time travel along the routes that led to the birth of Globalization, contributing robust evidence regarding the pioneering role of the Portuguese in this important chapter in the evolution of the world system. The Portuguese alone originated the maritime routes on a global scale and this feat will remain recorded in human history for the millennia to come.

How did the Portuguese of the 15th and 16th centuries become the Pioneers of Globalization?

How did the Navigators give “new worlds to the world,” as voiced by the great Portuguese poet Luís de Camões?

Who were the great strategists of the Discoveries, Prince Henrique, “the Navigator”, and King João II, “the Perfect Prince,” and what roles gave them their curious sobriquets?

Why did the Portuguese “innovate in the art of innovation”?

Why did the Spanish draw into their service the enigmatic Christopher Columbus and the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan and what did it mean for the Portuguese?

What killed the Portuguese cycle of leadership?

What was the secret of the Portuguese difference?

Descrição

INNOVATION & STRATEGY IN MODERN HISTORY

The world system’s telltale signature unveils the emergence of the first globalizing power
Five main theses are defended in this book:

• History is not a mere accumulation of past facts, the fruit of chance and uncertainty, and the Science of History is not a simplistic narrative of past ‘stories.’

• Globalization is an evolutionary and irreversible process, initially conceived in China around the 10th century, and born with the Portuguese Discoveries movement in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• The Portuguese were pioneers in the process that led to the transition to a true global system of cultural and commercial exchange.

• The application of systemic methodology to the analysis of History allows for the construction of viable future scenarios.

• There is an inheritance from the Portuguese generations active during the apex period between the 15th and 16th centuries (the “Discoveries Matrix”), as well as a portfolio of acquired knowledge regarding this country’s capacity for resilience and its historical relationship to some of the emerging 21st century powers.

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