A review by wescovington
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley

3.0

I was expecting this book to be a bit more of an explanation of just how Portugal expanded into a empire in Asia for a relatively brief period, but turned into more of a blow-by-blow description of the numerous battles it took for the Portuguese to achieve that.

The writing was good, but I still don't have a great idea as to how Portugal went from small country in Western Europe to the first European power to take control of parts of India. I might know the mechanics of it, but I'm still not sure of the reasons.