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papers (some unpublished!) pander ro an audience more scholarl y rhan mosr and seem ro demonsrrare a grasp of esoterica ro which the rest of us can only aspire. Indeed, upon reaching rhe conclusion of a laboriously presenred essay, the reader is frequently inspired ro say "so whar? " WILLIAM H. WHITE Rumson , New Jersey The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808, A World on the Move, by A. J . R. RussellWood Qohns Hopkins Universiry Press, 1998, 290pp, illus, biblio, index, ISBN 0-818-5955-7; $ 16.95pb) Wirh rhe 1998 World's Fair havin g focused global artenrion on th e importance of Portugal's leading role in exploring the wo rld's oceans, it is propitious that rhis scholarly work was reprinted ro inform us that "discoveries are not measured by landfalls alone." The maritime enthusiast tends ro concenrrare on the importance of ships and ocean voyages, on who first set foot in what country, and how they got there. Whil e Russell-Wood does give us a wealrh of derail on rhe many advenrures ro foreign shores of rhe brave Portuguese navigarors, nei rher rhe ships nor the voyages are the main subj ecr of rhis book. Rather, it takes the theme of global movement ro tell us rhe fasc inaring srory of how the Portuguese came ro influence the world, as "migrants and settlers, servants of rhe Crown , of Christ and of Mammon, as individuals and gro ups, and carriers of disease." Wirh spheres of influence in Asia, India, Africa, Madeira, rhe Azores, Cape Verde and Brazil, the Portuguese played a major role in the "ebb and flow of commodities, in the dissemination of flora and fa una, and the rransmission of sryles, mores and ideas ." As the aurhor notes, lirrle recognirion has been given ro rhe achievements of rhis small counrry rhat changed the world so empharically. Perhaps rhis is because few of rhe copious reports, itineraries, charts, lerrers, rreaties, and above all sai ling directions have been rranslated from rhe Portuguese. T he challenge of pulling rogether the wanderings of a nation over four centuries leads rhe reader at times ro beco me lost in the unfamiliar places, often in the company of never-before-heard-of people. In this co nrext, the reader easily gras ps the results of these missions, whether in the
spreading ofChristianiry, or the transportation of slaves from Africa, or the introduction ofstrange new foodsruffs and co mmodities from Brazil ro Africa (as manioc and maize) or Africa ro Brazil (as coffee). All rhis and much more is carefull y derail ed and ann orared in rhis seminal hisrory of a leading colonial narion, whose langu age is now spoken by nearly 190 million people worldwide, and who we re rhe firsr ro rhink and acr globally. CAPTA IN J EAN W O RT
Fort Monrgomery, New York Recollections and Other Writings, by Caprain Narhanael Green H erreshoff, edired by Carlron J. Pinheiro (H erreshoff Marine Museum, PO Box 450, Brisrol RI 02809-0450, 1998, 126pp, illus; $29.50hc) Also available in a limired deluxe boxed edirion for $ 150. Halsey H erreshoff observes rhe rradirion rhar his grandfarher, one of rhe grearesr yachr design ers and builders of all rim e, was a man devo red ro his work who, as ide from his boars, lefr a very sli ghr public record. Th is volume, nine chaprers of previously unpublished marerial , is all rhar is availab le. Each chaprer is a freesranding rrearise on irs own: local Brisrol hisrory, rh e development of rhe Herreshoff works, rhe boars Caprain Narowned, sail ed, des igned or found of parri cular interesr, are all here and, raken rogether, rhey give a wonderful overview of rhe man and his mind. As exact, bri ef and direcr as he was by repurarion, so is hi s wriring. The revered genius of rhe H erreshoffs comes forth very clea rl y, as H alsey suggesrs, in rhis man who wo rked "wirhour disrracrion of facr or mind. " My favorire chaprer is enrirled "Some of rhe Boars I Have Sailed in" and covers a liferime of experim entarion and experi ence srarring wirh his brorh er James's renfoor skiff Tadpole(l 854-55) rhrough Sprite (1860) , Kelpie(l863), a cruise in rhe Medirerranea n derailed in a furth er chaprer, and on ro some of rhe grear names such as Gloriana(l89 l ), Vigilant(l 893), Defender (1894), wirh a deep drafr keel, bron ze and aluminum plaring, cross-cur sa ils-all firsrs, Reliance (l 902), rhe largesr currer ever builr, Mariette (1916) , anorher bi g sreel schooner rhar was in rhis year's transArl antic race, and numero us others. Here is N. G. Herreshoff hi srory wrirren by N . G. H erreshoff, neve r seen befo re
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