Italians passing through Portuguese land was something very common since the foundation of Kingdom of Portugal. With the Atlantic and Oriental expansion, it became a privileged destination for foreigners. Italians, whether they were merchants, artists, diplomats, literates, clerics or others, found fertile ground to expand their lore precisely in the Lusitanic kingdom, considered to be a meeting point for cultures and “global” knowledge. The stay of these foreigners in Portugal gave rise to reports and letters telling a reality that, in an interdisciplinary perspective, presents us with an “outsider” vision of the Kingdom of Portugal in 16th-18th centuries.

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