Portuguese Empire and its possessions in the XV-XIX centuries

Charles Boxer, a professor at Yale University, the author of a number of historical works, represents the history of the Portuguese empire, emphasizing that it was the Portuguese who led the first marine expeditions of Europeans. The Spaniards, Dutch, the British, the French, who followed the pioneers, took a lot of their valuable experience. This concerned both the art of navigation and communication skills with the peoples of other ver and other skin color. The author analyzes how successfully the Portuguese transferred their main administrative institutions to the new exotic environment and improved them in relation to new conditions. The author also drew attention to the relationship of the possessions of the empire scattered in different parts of the world and Portugal itself, located at the very western end of Europe