Nuno Vila-Santa is a post-doctoral fellow from the RUTTER project founded by the European Research Council. His main works deal with the history of the Portuguese overseas empire in Asia and with Portuguese connections to Europe in the 16th century

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Maritime History and History of Knowledge for the 16th Century European History, 1. The First Global Exchange and Dispute Over the Globe: The Portuguese-Spanish Nautical Interchange (1415-1580), 2. Unexpected or Predictable Espionage and Diplomacy? Portuguese Nautical Knowledge and the English Voyages to West Africa (1551-59), 3. Spying Ambassadors for a French Overseas Empire? Michel de Seure and Jean Nicot's Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557-61), 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science: João Pereira Dantas and the Portuguese Strategies to Control French and English Overseas Plans (1557-68), 5. A Spy or a Go-Between? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario, and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583-1611), Conclusion: Five Connected Histories of Knowledge? Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Dutch Republic, and the Attempted Secrecy Policies, Illustrations, Quoted Bibliography and Sources, Index.

Nuno Vila-Santa is a post-doctoral fellow from the RUTTER project founded by the European Research Council. His main works deal with the history of the Portuguese overseas empire in Asia and with Portuguese connections to Europe in the 16th century

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Maritime History and History of Knowledge for the 16th Century European History, 1. The First Global Exchange and Dispute Over the Globe: The Portuguese-Spanish Nautical Interchange (1415-1580), 2. Unexpected or Predictable Espionage and Diplomacy? Portuguese Nautical Knowledge and the English Voyages to West Africa (1551-59), 3. Spying Ambassadors for a French Overseas Empire? Michel de Seure and Jean Nicot's Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557-61), 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science: João Pereira Dantas and the Portuguese Strategies to Control French and English Overseas Plans (1557-68), 5. A Spy or a Go-Between? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario, and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583-1611), Conclusion: Five Connected Histories of Knowledge? Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Dutch Republic, and the Attempted Secrecy Policies, Illustrations, Quoted Bibliography and Sources, Index.

Nuno Vila-Santa is a post-doctoral fellow from the RUTTER project founded by the European Research Council. His main works deal with the history of the Portuguese overseas empire in Asia and with Portuguese connections to Europe in the 16th century

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Maritime History and History of Knowledge for the 16th Century European History, 1. The First Global Exchange and Dispute Over the Globe: The Portuguese-Spanish Nautical Interchange (1415-1580), 2. Unexpected or Predictable Espionage and Diplomacy? Portuguese Nautical Knowledge and the English Voyages to West Africa (1551-59), 3. Spying Ambassadors for a French Overseas Empire? Michel de Seure and Jean Nicot's Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557-61), 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science: João Pereira Dantas and the Portuguese Strategies to Control French and English Overseas Plans (1557-68), 5. A Spy or a Go-Between? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario, and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583-1611), Conclusion: Five Connected Histories of Knowledge? Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Dutch Republic, and the Attempted Secrecy Policies, Illustrations, Quoted Bibliography and Sources, Index.