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The Portuguese Feitoria Network: How a Trading Post System Built an Empire
In this episode of The Rise of Colonialism, Lucas and Luna dive deep into the Portuguese feitoria system — the fortified trading posts that allowed a small European kingdom to dominate half the world. They trace the origins of the feitoria in North Africa, then follow Diogo de Azambuja's 1482 expedition to build São Jorge da Mina on the Gold Coast, the first major feitoria outside Europe. Lucas explains how the feitoria model evolved from a simple warehouse into a full imperial infrastructure, covering the key posts at Goa, Malacca, and Hormuz under Afonso de Albuquerque. The…
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