Osprey Men-at-Arms №484. David Nicolle. The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery c.1340-1665

Osprey Publishing, 2012. — 50 p. — ISBN: 1849088480.From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia). During this nearly 300-year period, the Portuguese fought alongside other Iberian forces against the Moors of Andalusia; with English help successfully repelled a Castilian invasion (1385); fought the Moors in Morocco, and Africans, the Ottoman Turks, and the Spanish in colonial competition.