Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize the spelling or accentuation of Portuguese words, many of which have been anglicized. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. (etext transcriber's note) Stories of the Nations A Series of Historical Studies intended to present in graphic narratives the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history. In the story form the current of each national life is distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their philosophical relations to each other as well as to universal history. 12º, Illustrated, cloth, each $1.50 Half Leather, each $1.75 Nos. 62 and following Nos. net $1.35 Each (By mail) $1.50 Half leather, gilt top, each net $1.60 (By mail) $1.75 FOR FULL LIST SEE END OF THIS VOLUME PORTUGAL [Illustration: colophon] [Illustration: PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL. (_From an Engraving of the Miniature in the MS. of “The Discovery of Guinea,” 1448._)] THE STORY OF THE NATIONS PORTUGAL BY H. MORSE STEPHENS BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD; OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXTENSION LECTURER AUTHOR OF “A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION” NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1891 BY G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS _Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London_ BY T. FISHER UNWIN Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS [Illustration: text decoration] PREFACE.