A 270-page time travel along the routes that led to the
birth of Globalization, contributing robust evidence regarding
the pioneering role of the Portuguese in this important chapter
in the evolution of the world system. The Portuguese alone
originated the maritime routes on a global scale and this feat
will remain recorded in human history for the millennia to come.INNOVATION & STRATEGY IN MODERN HISTORY
The world system’s telltale signature unveils the
emergence of the first globalizing power
Five main theses are defended in this book:
• History is not a mere accumulation of past
facts, the fruit of chance and uncertainty, and the
Science of History is not a simplistic narrative of past
‘stories.’
• Globalization is an evolutionary and
irreversible process, initially conceived in China
around the 10th century, and born with the Portuguese
Discoveries movement in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• The Portuguese were pioneers in the process that
led to the transition to a true global system of
cultural and commercial exchange.
• The application of systemic methodology to the
analysis of History allows for the construction of
viable future scenarios.
• There is an inheritance from the Portuguese
generations active during the apex period between the
15th and 16th centuries (the “Discoveries Matrix”), as
well as a portfolio of acquired knowledge regarding this
country’s capacity for resilience and its historical
relationship to some of the emerging 21st century
powers.
