How did the portuguese, severely weakened, still managed to defend

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2017-03-12 01:58:10 Post No. 2493671
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Anonymous 2017-03-12 01:58:10 Post No. 2493671 [Report]

How did the portuguese, severely weakened, still managed to defend the vast majority of their empire from the dutch, who took the most profitable spice islands with native support?

Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:21:24 Post No.2493773
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Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:21:24 Post No.2493773 [Report]

diplomacy, google treaty of Utrecht for example

Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:31:00 Post No.2493813
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Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:31:00 Post No.2493813 [Report]

Superior Barbosa tactics

Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:32:53 Post No.2493818
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Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:32:53 Post No.2493818 [Report]

it was easier to just trade somewhere else than to deal with it at the time. it's not as if there was a shortage of societies to exploit.

Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:34:45 Post No.2493822
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Anonymous 2017-03-12 02:34:45 Post No.2493822 [Report]

>>2493671
Brits had their back, and made big profits of brazilian gold

How did the portuguese, severely weakened, still managed to defend

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