Portugal's Epic Rise and Fall: Between the Tides

A panorama of place and time: Portugal is at the heart of the story, which spans from the late fourteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth, an era when the country’s fate rose and fell like great waves. Geography: From the capital, Lisbon, the story travels through the Sagres School of Navigation, a symbol of the starting point of exploration, to Cape Roca, “the end of the world,” and onward to an empire whose territories span the globe, tracing the transformation from a small country into a global empire. Era: From the completion of the struggle to escape Moorish rule and establish a nation-state, through the dazzling height of the Age of Discovery, to the long twilight of a succession crisis and an empire falling apart.