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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Main Author: Amândio Jorge Morais Barros
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Porto 2008-01-01
Series:História - Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
Online Access:http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/6733.pdf