Pinto, Paulo Jorge de Sousa2014-05-202014-05-202014-05-20PINTO, Paulo Jorge de Sousa – Uma cabeça sem corpo : reflexões em torno da Malaca portuguesa : 1511-1641 = A head without body : some remarkes on portuguese Melaka : 1511-1641. In Portugal e o Sueste Asiático : 500 anos = Portugal and Southeast Asia : 500 years. Lisboa : CH-FLUL E NICPRI, 2013. ISBN 978-989-8068-15-6. ISBN 978-989-98699-1-2. 14 p.978-989-8068-15-6978-989-98699-1-2http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/14441no prelo, a editar em 2014The conquest of Melaka by Afonso de Albuquerque was a feat of arms celebrated by poets and chroniclers and traditionally referred to as a major achievement in the settlement of Portuguese Estado da Índia. However, some questions may be raised concerning its real significance: the decision of taking the city by force and its possible misjudgement; how Melaka was far from Goa and the main centres of Portuguese presence in Asia and completely depended upon local conditions; the strategies developed by the Portuguese that allowed the city to survive in a potentially hostile environment and, finally, the arrival of the Dutch in Southeast Asian waters and the collapse of Melaka’s former position.porMalacaÁsia portuguesabook part