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The Portuguese Feitorias: Trading Fortresses That Built an Empire
Episode 148 of The History of Portugal takes you to the feitorias—the fortified trading posts that were the real backbone of Portugal's global empire. Lucas and Luna explore how these hybrid merchant-military outposts, from Arguim to Goa to Macau, operated as nodes of commerce, espionage, and naval power. They discuss the famous feitoria of Antwerp that financed early exploration, the factory at Malacca that controlled spice routes, and the unique system of feitores (factors) who combined bookkeeping with diplomacy. The episode also covers the decline of the feitoria system as the Estado…
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