Portugal
“Portuguese, Lusitani”
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Portugal the place
Lusitani · Portuguese · the Portugales
spoken of as
1 expressionPortugales1 mention
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English)
About the end of Michaelmas term 1623, the Duke had information given him, by a principal member of their own Company, that the Company had made a great advantage to themselves in the seas of East India, and other parts of Asia and Africa, by rich prizes gotten there forcibly from the Portugales and others;
in the texts
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
The Portuguese crown and traders, whose claim to dominion over the East Indies is refuted at length.
Lusitanis mercatus, ut aliis gentibus conceditur;
Omittimus iam Lusitanos in plerisque partibus religionem nihil promovere, ne operam quidem dare, cum soli lucro invigilent.
The Spaniards, as is well known, then claimed the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and Portugal claimed, in like manner, the Atlantic south of Morocco and the Indian Ocean, and both nations, at this time under a common sovereign, claimed and sought to exercise the right of excluding all foreigners from navigating or entering these waters.
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The Portuguese, from whom the East India Company forcibly took rich prizes in the East Indies, giving rise to the King's and Admiral's claim to a share.
About the end of Michaelmas term 1623, the Duke had information given him, by a principal member of their own Company, that the Company had made a great advantage to themselves in the seas of East India, and other parts of Asia and Africa, by rich prizes gotten there forcibly from the Portugales and others;