The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808 1QDAE they feature prominently as long-distance

they feature prominently as long-distance mounts for the Queen of Sheba

''Give 'Em Soul

the average age of a PT sailor being twenty-four years of age

and night flying

The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808 1QDAE they feature prominently as long-distance''[Russell Wood] enumerates Portuguese contributions to other peoples' pasts and presents, especially in the contexts of the 'ebb and flow of commodities,' the 'dissemination of flora and fauna' and the 'transmission of styles, theories and ideas.' The original feature is the author's concentration on people and transport as vectors of cultural exchange . . . He evokes a lively picture of the highly mobile merchants, missionaries and administrators