2020
DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2020.1750239
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Globalization, trade, and material culture: Portugal’s role in the making of a multicultural Europe (1415–1806)

Abstract: In the Early Modern age, Portugal was among the first European countries to engage in overseas trade and colonial ventures. The influx of new people and things rapidly transformed it into a multicultural country in permanent contact with the rest of Europe and the wider world. While we possess a vast amount of knowledge describing the overseas contacts and acquisition of goods from historical documents, in recent years archaeological excavations have begun to reveal direct evidence of these interactions. This … Show more

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“…The establishment of businesses by Italian merchants in Lisbon and the strong commercial connections during the 15th century suggest close cultural ties and tangled exchanges between Portugal and northern Italy (i.e., Liguria and Tuscany, and their capitals, Genoa and Florence, repectively) (Alessandrini, 2006; Airaldi, 2012; Casimiro, 2020; Costa Dominguez, 2017). It is thus probable that Italian traders in general, and Genoese navigators in particular, brought primates from tropical lands to Mediterranean Europe, and specifically to northern Italy.…”
Section: Colloquy: Setting Sloane's Chimpanzeesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The establishment of businesses by Italian merchants in Lisbon and the strong commercial connections during the 15th century suggest close cultural ties and tangled exchanges between Portugal and northern Italy (i.e., Liguria and Tuscany, and their capitals, Genoa and Florence, repectively) (Alessandrini, 2006; Airaldi, 2012; Casimiro, 2020; Costa Dominguez, 2017). It is thus probable that Italian traders in general, and Genoese navigators in particular, brought primates from tropical lands to Mediterranean Europe, and specifically to northern Italy.…”
Section: Colloquy: Setting Sloane's Chimpanzeesmentioning
confidence: 99%