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The Portuguese Casa da Índia: How a Single Office Managed an Empire
The Casa da Índia in Lisbon was the administrative nerve center of Portugal's maritime empire. Founded in 1500 under King Manuel I, this royal trading house managed everything from the spice monopoly and the Carreira da Índia fleets to the cartaz pass system and the collection of astronomical data. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a single bureaucracy in a waterfront palace coordinated voyages, priced pepper, and controlled trade across three continents. We look at the factors who ran it, the merchants who fought it, and the corruption that eventually hollowed it out. Along…
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