Merchants, ports and hinterlands : the building of sea-port structures in the Early Modern Porto
Emerging in the Middle Ages, Porto became one of the most important ports of the Iberian Peninsula. The city’s affirmation over the nearby territory was accompanied by the expansion of business towards the northern markets of Flanders, Brabant, Great Britain and northern France (Brittany and Normand...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade do Porto
2008-01-01
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Series: | História - Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto |
Online Access: | http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/6733.pdf |