N ames.
Extent.
P O R T U G A L.
C H A P T E R I.
H i s t o r i c a V G e o g -r a p h y .
flames.—'Extent.—Boundaries.— Original Population.— Progr0 vs/Geog?aphpi—
Hiftorical Epochs and Antiquities.
THE name of Portugal is; of recent origin. In the Roman period
there was a town called Calle, now Oporto, near the mouth of the
river Douro,'and this haven being eminently diftinguifhed, the bar-
barifm of the middle ages conferred on the circumjacent region the
name Po rto CaHe; which, as the country was gradually recovered from
the M oots, was yet more improperly extended to the whole kingdom.*
The aneient name of this country was Lufitania; but the boundaries
do not exa&ly correfpond.
„ Portugal extends about 360 Britilh miles in length, by l2o in
breadth ; and is fuppofed to contain about 27,280 fquare milesr which
with a population of 1,838,879, willyield 67-inhabitants to the mile
fquare.1 The extent and population thus approach nearly tojthofe of
Scotland : but by fome accounts the population of Portugal may exceed
the calculation here followed by nearly half a million.
* D’Anvilk Etats formei en Europe, &c. p. 192. * Boctticher’s Tables, p. 46.
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C H A P . I. H I S T O R I C A L G E O G R A P H Y .
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,v T h e p r ^ l ^ p ^ p ^ p f ^ P c t ^ u g ^ ^ n a y , ç£ Spain Oemwao
and has undergone „the- fame r^yplntfons. Thqfe^ho, are defyous n r' 1W m *
enquire further intp the fuhjq&, mayhc^ Ji.hha harped wo^ of the '
Pqrj;uj|tfètfe antiquary.3; ^
T h e p ro g r e f fiv e ^ e o g ^ a ^ h ^ o f^ o ^ ta g a l , is' a l fA e l u d e d i n i h a t o f f e U ,
Spam, till th e eleventh century, when it began to fo rm # feparate ftate. G e o g r ^
-The kings o f Caftille, had, recovered a /m a ll p a r t "o'f this country from
ab? ^ the | f | | | S B ' and th^ ‘ co n q u e ft:w a i,g p d h a llv e x -
'tended from the no rth J ïïP a Jm u ^ the pridâïe of! tlie thirteenth centu
ry , when thje acqruftüoh o f /A ig a r |q :! ç pm p J e a te S e ^ p r l f en t ' boundaries
o f Portugal. ;
T h e , h .ifto r^ ^ epochs o f fo ^ ç c e n t^ f t a j e - c a n n o t , n o r H;fforrca8
is it neepffary tq^Teçur, tR ^ h Ç jf l^ n ^ ç n t^ ^ e ü t^ wh^Gh' mOTe^propej-ly EpochL
hplpng to ,the general hiftory-i of. Spain.
i.. T h e kjngs. o f A fturias fufadu s; fOTp p ^ 'th è Moorifh c h i ^ o f th e
n p r t h e f Portugal ; r an,d Alphonfq, the,gr^aJ;©ftaWi^es epifqppijTees in
the p a rt between the M jqho and Douro," I n f^ i 4 ^ e r d i n n n d Jtm g o f
Caftille extends his conqueft j o .Coimbra j a i g l e t } ^ a r i n g ^ ^ m i n m n s *
a rçong his fans, Don Garcia? along_ with 9 ^Upia, Bad. a p ^ r t, o f P o rtu -
ga}, whence hç isMiyled o n 'h is toprb, A. D. ijagp, . ]R$n k
(f^U ecia * . .
2. Alphqnfq V I,,b ro th e r o f Garpin, ,and king o f g à jf p e , h aving
favourably, admitted f^yera^j French p rin c e s tp^his çoprt, among them
was H enry,-w hom he nominated coqnt q f Portugal, adding hiVnaturtd
daughter Therefa in maffriage.^ T ^ e mqft ejstaft.French wrftOTS.‘aÉprt,: '
from }the chronicle o f Fleuri,’ ( th a t\ th ishH èn ry /w à s the grandfon o f
Robert duke^of Burgundy, fon o f Robert,Icing, •
more credit than the Spanifh, w h p ’.^ riv e h im f r o m ^ ^ h Q 't f e ^'of ,
Lorrain, through a relation-of Godfrey o f ‘B o p l^ n e , th f-h ero W J e n j-
fa-lcm ; a manifeft e rro r, as God frey o f Boulogne, \h q u g h Le n e ld lh e '
duplty .of Lormin, was npt <JjF the hopfe o f L o rra in ., ffevr& rçr this Be,
H e n ry appears-.as Count o f -Portugal tin ; T q g ^ o ç h ^ jU fignaîraecE
himielf by many victories o y e f.|h q ^ flo o rs, aqd died in 1112, leaving
* Refcttfii - 4 D ’Anvilie, 194.
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