Bringers of War: The Portuguese in Africa During the Age of Gunpowder and Sail from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
by Laband, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1848326580
- ISBN 13
- 9781848326583
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frontline Books, 2013. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also to inner flaps of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Portuguese in Africa between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries in what became their colonies of Mozambique and Angola, as well as in Morocco, the Congo, Ethiopia and the wider East African coastline. 262pp, 17 colour and 34 b&w illustrations, 11 maps.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012553
- Title
- Bringers of War: The Portuguese in Africa During the Age of Gunpowder and Sail from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Laband, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1848326580
- ISBN 13
- 9781848326583
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- African-History, Portuguese-Africa, Colonial-Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Africa;
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JimsOldBooks
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